Trump Urges Pirro to Revisit Decision to Drop Reflecting Pool Vandalism Case
Trump says Jeanine Pirro should reconsider dropping the felony case against Olympian David Hearn, who prosecutors said caused more than $1,000 in damage.
- On August 7, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social urging U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to "re-visit" her decision to drop the felony case against Olympian David Hearn, citing his lawyer Norm Eisen as reason for reconsideration.
- Pirro filed in court July 31 stating the DOJ indictment relied on "less than fulsome information" regarding flawed installation during America 250 renovations; Trump said from the Oval Office on August 3 that she "folded like an umbrella."
- Hearn, who competed as a canoeist in the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Summer Olympics, faced DOJ accusations of causing more than $1,000 in damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a felony carrying a maximum 10 years in prison.
- Breaking norms of independence dating to the Watergate era, Trump's actions echo previous demands to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James in September 2025.
- Trump stated Pirro should "especially" reconsider because Eisen is a former Obama White House ethics lawyer who co-founded the Democracy Defenders Fund; neither the Justice Department nor Trump immediately responded to requests for comment.
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