With her job as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia on the line, Jeanine Pirro is facing pressure from President Donald Trump to revive a criminal case involving the renovated Reflecting Pool, which he has repeatedly said was vandalized.
“Now that people are able to see it up close, they are reporting pure VANDALISM at The Reflecting Pool,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Friday, alongside a screenshot of a post from a freelance photographer who shared several images he said revealed cuts in the expansion joints on the side of the pool.
“U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro should re-visit her hastily made decision,” Trump wrote. He also called the Olympic canoeist who faced a felony charge in the case “a big player in ActBlue,” a campaign fundraising platform for Democrats that Trump described as a “scam.”
Pirro’s office had charged the Olympian, David Hearn, with destruction of property, alleging that he damaged the Reflecting Pool during a visit to the National Mall in June. Hearn pleaded not guilty, saying he had reached into the water to touch the detached pool liner out of curiosity.
