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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael Kunzelman

Ex-Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool gets Sept. 28 trial date

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A judge in the nation's capital has set a trial date in September for a former Olympic canoe racer charged with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the site of a troubled multimillion-dollar renovation project championed by President Donald Trump.

D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman set the Sept. 28 trial date for David Hearn during a hearing on Monday. It was Hearn's second court appearance since a grand jury indicted him on a felony count of property destruction.

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