Trump unleashes after ally moves to drop Reflecting Pool charges
US President Donald Trump has lashed out after longtime ally Jeanine Pirro moved to drop charges against a former Olympian who had been accused of vandalising the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC.
David Hearn, a former US Olympics Team canoeist, had been charged with vandalising the pool after a tear in the lining was discovered.
Trump has lashed out after vandalism charges were dropped over damage at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. AP Photo/Rahmat Gul
He denied the charges, saying he had only stopped to touch the water.
Pirro, the US Attorney for the District of Columbia, on Saturday moved in court for the charges to be dropped in a prosecutorial retreat after a government report found the apparent damage to the pool was likely due to ...
