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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Charges dropped against ex-Olympian over Reflecting Pool damage after Trump admin admits ‘flawed installation’

Washington, D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is moving to dismiss criminal charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after Donald Trump’s administration admitted that the damage to recently installed blue liner was “the result of flawed installation by the contractor.”

David Hearn pleaded not guilty to one felony count of destruction of property earlier this month.

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