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Trump tells Jeanine Pirro to revisit charges in Reflecting Pool case
USA Today • • nation
Key Points:
- President Donald Trump urged U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to reconsider dropping the prosecution of Olympian David Hearn, who was accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
- Trump criticized Hearn's lawyer, Norm Eisen, labeling him a "Political Hack Lawyer" due to Eisen's background as a former Obama White House ethics lawyer and cofounder of the Democracy Defenders Fund.
- Pirro dropped the felony indictment after new evidence suggested the damage resulted from faulty installation during rushed renovations, not Hearn's actions.
- Trump's public comments represent a departure from traditional Justice Department independence, as he has previously called for prosecutions of his personal political opponents.
- The DOJ has pursued cases against Trump's targets before, including former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, though those cases were later dismissed by a judge.
