Trump’s reflecting pool saga: a timeline of failure and finger-pointing
by Edward Helmore from on (#77D1G)
As Jeanine Pirro moves to drop charges, flawed work by Trump-connected contractor emerges as culprit
Donald Trump's Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool saga appears to be winding down after prosecutors dropped vandalism charges against former Olympian David Hearn - but not entirely.
On Friday, Trump appointee and US attorney Jeanine Pirro and assistant US attorney Michael Spence petitioned a judge to dissolve the justice department's case against Hearn, 67, who had been accused of pool sabotage, and instead blamed the botched installation" of pool liner materials that caused it peel, and less than fulsome information" offered by the Department of Interior.
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