US Olympian indicted after Trump alleged ‘vandalism’ at DC reflecting pool
by Shrai Popat in Washington from on (#76QKP)
Canoeist David Hearn was arrested in June after touching a peeling piece of liner in the pool from renovation project
David Hearn, a three-time US Olympian and canoeist, has been indicted by a grand jury in Washington DC after Donald Trump blamed vandals for damaging Washington's reflecting pool following a $14.7m renovation project.
The indictment accuses Hearn, 67, of maliciously" breaking or destroying lining material on the bottom of the reflecting pool on 19 June. Lawyers for Hearn denied the allegations following his arrest, accusing the Trump administration of treating ordinary conduct as criminal.
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