{"id":1953,"date":"2026-06-22T06:40:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T06:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1953"},"modified":"2026-06-22T06:40:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T06:40:22","slug":"olympian-in-trouble-over-trumps-green-slime-mess-speaks-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1953","title":{"rendered":"Olympian in Trouble Over Trump\u2019s Green Slime Mess Speaks Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The American Olympian whom federal authorities arrested for alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has blasted the Trump administration while talking about his experience over the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1952\">MAGA It-Girl Drops New Post After Bizarre Trump \u2018Daughter\u2019 Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Hearn told the Daily Mail in a phone call that the accusations levied against him regarding destruction of the Reflecting Pool are \u201ccompletely unfounded.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hearn, 67, is a three-time Olympian slalom canoeist who competed in the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Summer Olympics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hearn\u2019s arrest on Friday was captured on video by conservative journalist Emily Miller, who alleged that the cyclist had \u201cgrabbed the hose that female National Park Service workers were using to clear the algae.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hearn, who told The Washington Post in a Saturday interviewthat he was in the middle of a 52-mile bike ride before he decided to check out the renovated Reflecting Pool, denied the accusation that he had grabbed the hose, though he acknowledged that his bike tire may have touched it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a lie,\u201d he told the Mail. \u201cI didn\u2019t rip, tear, destruct, destroy, or harm in any way, any part of the reflecting pool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hearn added that he did touch a \u201cloose flap of coating\u201d from the Reflecting Pool, but only because he was \u201ccurious as a concerned citizen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey clearly wanted a news story that they could promote that was centered around vandals damaging the reflecting pool,\u201d the Olympian added. \u201cOfficers were ready to arrest me and other people they found who they could have some contrived basis of charges on to accuse them of vandalism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We\u2019ve already heard many lies from this administration,\u2019 Hearn said. \u2018That\u2019s just another lie.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>Hearn had previously decried the allegations to The Washington Post, saying that he \u201cdidn\u2019t destroy or break or peel anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1950\">Trump, 80, Spirals in Unhinged Multi-Post Truth Social Meltdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The athlete also told ABC News senior White House correspondent Selina Wang that he was held in detention for five hours before he was released and charged with destroying federal property.<\/p>\n<p>The Olympian said he was placed in \u201cvery tight handcuffs,\u201d according to the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>He described the experience as \u201cscary,\u201d adding that \u201cwith the government that we\u2019re under and right now, there have been many unlawful detentions.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Reached for comment, White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers told the Daily Beast in a statement: \u201cIt is despicable that after attempting to vandalize a national monument, this deranged individual suffering from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome would disparage the brave men and women who put their lives on the line to protect the public and our nation\u2019s capital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s efforts to revitalize the Washington, D.C. landmark have resulted in yet another humiliation for the octogenarian.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s $14 million pet project to repaint the basin of the Reflecting Pool \u201cAmerican Flag Blue\u201d has led to one of the pool\u2019s worst algae blooms in years, with workers\u2019 efforts to mitigate the algal growth with hydrogen peroxide have caused further problems.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses have reported that blue paint flakes have risen to the surface of the Reflecting Pool, and a dead duckling was spotted in the slimy Reflecting Pool on Sunday. However, the cause of the duckling\u2019s death is unclear.<\/p>\n<p>Trump himself called attention to the sorry state of his botched renovation in a Truth Social post on Sunday, though he continued to pin the blame on alleged \u201cleftist\u201d vandals who want to make him look bad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWork will begin immediately on fixing the seriously vandalized Reflecting Pool. I just inspected it, and could only say to myself, and those gathered around me, WOW, who would do such a thing?\u201d the president wrote about his pet project, which had initially been estimated to cost only $1.8 million. \u201cSICK, DERANGED PEOPLE! We will fix it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1948\">Trump\u2019s Tacky New MAGA Spectacle at State Fair Revealed<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hearn is scheduled to appear in court on July 9, according to the Mail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Olympian whom federal authorities arrested for alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has blasted the Trump administration while talking about his experience over the incident. 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