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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Ex-Olympian says Reflecting Pool case is about ‘defending democracy’ as judge likely to block Trump from going after him again

A judge in Washington, D.C. appears prepared to block Donald Trump’s administration and prosecutors from charging a former Olympian a second time for damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office had agreed to drop felony charges against 67-year-old David Hearn, who was accused of vandalizing the monument after recently applied blue liner started to flap to the surface. But she wanted to leave open the possibility of prosecuting Hearn again.

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