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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jasmine Fernández and Josh Marcus

Trump claims ‘highly credible witness’ saw Olympian rip at reflecting pool liner in Truth Social ramble

President Donald Trump spent the weekend insisting that vandals damaged his Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovations despite his own administration admitting there wasn’t sufficient evidence, ratcheting up pressure on U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to reverse course after she dropped related criminal charges.

On Sunday, the president posted an image of court documents on Truth Social, writing that a “highly credible witness” saw David Hearn, a 67-year-old former Olympian, “violently” rip the pool’s newly redone coating.

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