Trump denounces Justice Department decision to drop Reflecting Pool charges

The US president pushes back after a federal prosecutor says the damage to the pool was caused by ‘botched’ installation, not vandalism.United States President Donald Trump has criticised his own Department of Justice after it decided to drop criminal charges against a former Olympic athlete for the alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC.Trump voiced his opposition to the decision on Saturday, a day after US Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced she was dismissing the charges against 67-year-old competitive canoeist David Hearn.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Trump attempts to shape his legacy by reshaping DClist 2 of 3Trump administration indicts Olympic athlete for Reflecting Pool vandalismlist 3 of 3Severe weather disrupts US’s 250th celebrationsend of listPirro said the damage was the result of “a botched installation and not vandalism”, contradicting both her own previous statements and claims made following Hearn’s June 19 arrest.On Saturday, Trump wrote on his Truth Social page that he disagreed “100 percent” with Pirro, although he did not directly reference Hearn. Instead, he maintained that vandalism had been committed at the ...