Trump sternly rebukes Jeanine Pirro’s decision to withdraw charges against alleged Reflecting Pool vandal David Hearn: ‘I disagree 100%’

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 01, 2026 · 532 words · By Geoff Earle

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Trump sternly rebukes Jeanine Pirro’s decision to withdraw charges against alleged Reflecting Pool vandal David Hearn: ‘I disagree 100%’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Trump sternly rebukes Jeanine Pirro’s decision to withdraw charges against alleged Reflecting Pool vandal David Hearn: ‘I disagree 100%’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google President Trump had a stern rebuke Saturday of US Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro after her stunning decision to withdraw charges against Olympic canoeist David Hearn for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial’s reflecting pool.

Common ground

“I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro, the U.S.

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Claim 1: “It also blamed a Virginia-based contractor who was awarded a no-bid contract to apply sealant to the pool, saying it was “a result of flawed installation.””

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Web search results confirm the filing attributed damage to 'botched installation', but the specific detail about a 'Virginia-based contractor' and a 'no-bid contract' is not corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided evidence.

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web search NEUTRAL — Pirro’s office, in a court filing on Friday, moved to drop criminal charges against a former Olympian, David Hearn, who had been accused of deliberately damaging the pool after it underwent a renovati…
https://www.fox19.com/2026/08/01/trump-blasts-pirro-after-sh…

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web search NEUTRAL — Ms. Pirro’s 20-page filing did not refer to, much less rebuke, Mr. Trump for claiming the damage was caused by left-wing vandals rather than his administration’s missteps. But it raised innate doubts …
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/us/politics/jeanine-pirro…

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web search NEUTRAL — He called Pirro's decision to drop the vandalism charges a "disgrace." The president refused to answer questions about whether he would fire his longtime ally or reconsider her role as the top federal…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/article/trump-says-jeanine-pir…

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Claim 2: ““I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, on the Reflecting Pool,” Trump posted to Truth Social Saturday afternoon.”

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Three independent web search results explicitly quote the Truth Social post where Trump stated, 'I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, on the Reflecting Pool.'

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's use of social media attracted attention worldwide since he joined Twitter in March 2009. Over nearly twelve years, Trump tweeted around 57,000 times, including about 8,000 times during …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_use_by_Donald_Tru…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (TMTG) is an American media and technology company headquartered in Sarasota, Florida. It runs the Truth Social social-media platform and is majority-owned by the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Media_&_Technology_Group

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Truth Social is an American alt-tech social media platform owned by Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), an American company majority-owned by US president Donald Trump. It has been called a "Twitte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Social

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Claim 3: “Pirro’s filing cited her office’s responsibility in not bringing charges that are unlikely to prevail at trial – and said “DOI’s failure to fully and accurately provide information … undermined the government’s ability to abide by these responsibilities.””

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While web search results confirm Pirro dropped the charges and cited 'botched installation', the specific phrasing regarding the 'failure to fully and accurately provide information' and the 'ability to abide by these responsibilities' is not explicitly repeated across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence, though it aligns with the general narrative of the filing.

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web search NEUTRAL — Pirro was the host of Fox News' Justice with Judge Jeanine, which premiered in January 2011 and concluded on January 22, 2022. The program aired on weekends and focuses on the big legal stories of the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Pirro

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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Jeanine Pirro 's leaving the White House with her tail between her legs ... this hours after Donald Trump ripped into her for walking back the Reflecting Pool vandalism charges against Dav…
https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/03/jeanine-pirro-leaves-white-ho…

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 10, 2025 · Jeanine Pirro became a prominent Fox News host after joining the network in 2006, where she built national fame with strong conservative commentary. She hosted the weekly show Justice w…
https://thebiographybytes.com/jeanine-pirro/

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Claim 4: “Pirro, a Trump loyalist and former Fox News host, claimed in a court filing that her office had been misled by the US Department of Interior before bringing the charges against Hearn.”

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Web search results confirm Jeanine Pirro is the US Attorney for DC, a former Fox News host, and that her office moved to drop charges against David Hearn, citing that the damage appeared to be a result of 'botched installation' rather than vandalism.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the second presidency of Donald Trump during the third quarter of 2026, from July 1, 2026, to September 30, 2026. To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Donal…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_second_Trump_p…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bernard Bailey Kerik (September 4, 1955 – May 29, 2025) was an American consultant, police officer and convicted felon who was the 40th Commissioner of the New York Police Department from 2000 to 2001…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Kerik

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is the largest of the many reflecting pools in Washington, D.C. Dedicated in 1922, it is a 2,028-by-167-foot (618 by 51 m) concrete-bottomed roughly rectangular po…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial_Reflecting_Po…

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Claim 5: “Hearn had been facing a felony that carries up to 10 years in prison before the feds dropped the charges.”

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While evidence confirms David Hearn was arrested and charges were dropped, none of the provided sources specify that the felony charge carried a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — David Carter Hearn (born April 17, 1959) is a former slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1970s to the early 2000s. He represented the United States at the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Summer Olympics. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hearn_(canoeist)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — David Geoffrey Hearn (born June 17, 1979) is a Canadian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has also played on the Nationwide Tour, Canadian Tour and the Asian Tour.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hearn_(golfer)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Edward John Hearn (born 8 June 1979) is an English sports promoter and the chairman of Matchroom Sport and the Professional Darts Corporation. Hearn is best known for his work with Matchroom Boxing, w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Hearn

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Claim 6: ““Trump and [Interior Secretary Doug] Burgum are attacking Pirro because she admitted what we established in our legal filings all along: Trump’s botched renovation was responsible for the damage–not Davey Hearn,” said lawyer Norm Eisen”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results containing a quote or statement from lawyer Norm Eisen regarding this matter.

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Claim 7: “President Trump had a stern rebuke Saturday of US Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro after her stunning decision to withdraw charges against Olympic canoeist David Hearn for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial’s reflecting pool.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that President Trump criticized US Attorney Jeanine Pirro for dropping vandalism charges against David Hearn regarding the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, calling the decision a 'mistake' and saying she 'choked'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2023, four criminal indictments were filed against Donald Trump, then a former president of the United States. Two were on state charges (one in New York and one in Georgia) and the other two, one …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indictments_against_Donald_Tru…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Walter Joseph "Jay" Clayton III (born July 11, 1966) is an American attorney who has served as the director of national intelligence since 2026. Clayton served as the United States attorney for the So…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Clayton_(attorney)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump

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Claim 8: “Hearn was arrested alone that same day after stopping by the reflecting pool on his bike.”

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Web search results confirm David Hearn was arrested on June 19 after visiting the reflecting pool.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904) was a Greek and Irish writer, translator, and teacher whose work played a significant role in the introduction of the culture and literature o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafcadio_Hearn

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Claim 9: “A source said there was no video evidence in the David Hearn case, and none has been introduced in court.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the existence or absence of video evidence in the case.

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Claim 10: “Hearn said previously he only touched a piece of detached pool coating, which was applied as part of a $14 million renovation.”

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Multiple sources (AOL, iHeart) confirm Hearn's claim that he only touched a piece of detached liner/coating and mention the $14 million renovation project.

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web search NEUTRAL — Hearn claims he only touched a piece of detached liner before U.S. Park Police arrested and detained him for five hours on June 19.David Hearn was arrested for destruction of government property at th…
https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/former-olympian-david-hearn-ar…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Reflecting Pool has been undergoing a $14 million renovation project initiated by President Donald Trump, which included a new liner and coating.
https://www.iheart.com/content/2026-07-09-olympian-david-hea…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turned green in May 2026 due to algae bloom. President Trump claims vandalism, but evidence suggests the $14.2M renovation.
https://secure.lightwards.com/article/algae-bloom-turns-linc…

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