How the Reflecting Pool saga saw Trump sour on hand-picked prosecutor
US President Donald Trump has accused a federal prosecutor he appointed of folding "like an umbrella" after she moved to drop charges against a three-time Olympian accused of vandalising the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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US President Donald Trump has accused a federal prosecutor he appointed of folding "like an umbrella" after she moved to drop charges against a three-time Olympian accused of vandalising the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
He told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday that Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, "made a mistake" and "choked" by abandoning the case.
It comes as rumours circulate that Mr Trump is weighing an attempt to oust her from the role she has held for little more than a year.
This spat relates to the months-long drama over Mr Trump's plagued Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation.
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