Trump again rebukes Jeanine Pirro over reflecting pool ‘vandalism’ case
President attacks ‘terrible mistake’ of US attorney, who said in court filing damage stemmed from botched renovation
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Donald Trump has doubled down on his criticism of Jeanine Pirro after the US attorney for the District of Columbia publicly challenged his claims that vandals had damaged the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool.
There was tremendous vandalism,” Trump told NBC News on Thursday. “So, she made a terrible mistake.
On Friday, Pirro – a former Fox News host and longtime Trump ally who he handpicked to serve as the top prosecutor for the nation’s capital – moved to dismiss vandalism charges against a former Olympian and three others in connection with incidents at the reflecting pool.
In a 20-page court filing, Pirro’s office wrote that the damage to the concrete-bottomed tourist attraction was the result of a “botched” renovation – “not vandalism”.
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