{"id":5287,"date":"2026-08-12T22:42:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T22:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5287"},"modified":"2026-08-12T22:42:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T22:42:26","slug":"trump-attack-dog-cornered-on-reflecting-pool-debacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5287","title":{"rendered":"Trump Attack Dog Cornered on Reflecting Pool Debacle"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Attorney General Todd Blanche has not ruled out reviving a discredited criminal case against an innocent man accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5285\">Karoline Leavitt Busted Using AI in Exit Statement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Days into being sworn in as the new head of the Justice Department, the former Trump lawyer faces an early test as the White House pushes the DOJ to consider a new prosecution against Olympic canoeist David Hearn, despite the earlier case being thrown out because it lacked evidence.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Asked about the matter during a press conference on Wednesday, Blanche meandered through an answer, initially telling the reporter, \u201cI don\u2019t know what you mean by the White House has asked us to do that\u201d before eventually saying, \u201cI don\u2019t have an update on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s been a lot of comments and source-based comments about what, if anything, is happening with that case,\u201d he said, adding that they were \u201cwaiting for a ruling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hearn\u2019s lawyers are also waiting for a ruling, because while the case against the 60-year-old Olympian has been thrown out, the judge left one question open: whether it was \u201cwith\u201d or \u201cwithout\u201d prejudice. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout prejudice\u201d would allow the president to charge Hearn again, essentially whenever he wanted.<\/p>\n<p>Hearn\u2019s co-counsel Steve Hearn, of Steptoe LLC, told the Daily Beast that settling this matter was important to \u201cpreclude any possibility of being unfairly charged again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the president seems determined to pursue the issue, even after his own handpicked prosecutor Jeanine Pirro dropped the charges against Hearn earlier this month after finding damage to the iconic landmark wasn\u2019t caused by vandalism at all, but rather by a botched job from Trump\u2019s own contractor.<\/p>\n<p>The Reflecting Pool revamp was meant to be finished in time for America\u2019s 250th birthday celebrations on July 4, with Trump giving the job to a contractor who had helped repair a pool at his Virginia golf course.<\/p>\n<p>But instead of creating a clean pool with an \u201cAmerican flag blue\u201d surface, the landmark became an algae-infested mess, and in turn, a national embarrassment.<\/p>\n<p>Pirro, who prosecutes cases in the District of Columbia, initially charged the former Olympian, claiming that witnesses saw him \u201cforcefully and violently pulling up and removing the bottom liner\u201d of the pool.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5284\">Putin Puts Trump Goon\u2019s Son on International Wanted List<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, the former Fox host ended up dropping the charges in a stunning reversal that almost led to her being fired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was disappointed with Jeanine Pirro,\u201d Trump fumed at the time, declaring his MAGA prosecutor had \u201cchoked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally disappointed with Jeanine Pirro,\u201d he added. \u201cShe folded like an umbrella.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s attempt to revive the matter now presents a challenge for Blanche, who was only narrowly confirmed last week due to numerous senators being concerned about his ability to lead the department independently.<\/p>\n<p>Blanche used to be Trump\u2019s personal attorney and represented him in the so-called \u201chush money\u201d trial that led to the president being criminally convicted of falsifying business documents to cover up a sex scandal with porn star Stormy Daniels.<\/p>\n<p>He has also faced mounting controversy over his stewardship of the Department\u2019s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, and for his role in creating a $1.8 billion \u201canti-weaponization\u201d slush fund that gave Trump sweeping immunity from certain tax audits.<\/p>\n<p>Blanche has promised to rescind the fund, but Trump has since given mixed signals. <\/p>\n<p>Asked to clarify if it was \u201cdead,\u201d the Attorney General said on Wednesday: \u201cI keep on saying this over and over again, but I\u2019m happy to say it one more time. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have testified under oath that it\u2019s dead. 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