Trump splits with Pirro over Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool case
TL;DR
President Donald Trump publicly split with longtime ally Jeanine Pirro after her office moved to drop felony vandalism charges in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool incident, insisting the damage was vandalism and citing newly disclosed evidence that contractor work largely caused the damage; Pirro said information from the Interior Department undermined the indictment, highlighting a rare public rift over how the case was handled.
- Trump dings longtime ally Jeanine Pirro for dropping Reflecting Pool vandalism case Politico
- Trump’s Reflecting Pool debacle takes a predictably scandalous turn cnn.com
- Trump blasts Pirro after she refutes his claim that Reflecting Pool was damaged by vandals AP News
- Charges Dropped Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn Accused of Damaging Reflecting Pool The New York Times
- Trump insists vandals damaged Reflecting Pool, blasts DOJ for dropped charge The Washington Post
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