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Pirro's about-face in pool case followed prosecutors' private concerns
WASHINGTON— U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro stepped to a lectern last month and evinced no doubt that her office would prove that a former Olympic canoeist, David Hearn, had vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Belying her public confidence were questions career prosecutors had privately raised about the wisdom of bringing a felony case, according to people familiar with the internal discussions.
Pirro’s About-Face in Pool Case Followed Prosecutors’ Private Concerns
U.S. attorney defended dismissal of charges in a meeting with Trump, but people close to the president say it is too early to say whether Pirro’s job is safe U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro at a press conference in early July. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images WASHINGTON— U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro stepped to a lectern last month and evinced no doubt that her office would prove that a former Olympic canoeist, David Hearn, had vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
What's next in reflecting pool case that is ‘far from over'
The decision by Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, to abandon prosecutions alleging vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has sparked tension within the Trump administration that could end her tenure The about-face also could provide an avenue for three-time Olympian David Hearn and other defendants to sue the government and press for sanctions against the prosecutors.
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