- Jeanine Pirro , a top Washington prosecutor, reportedly brought a box of evidence to the White House to justify dropping a vandalism case concerning the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
- The evidence reportedly indicated that shoddy construction, rather than malicious acts, caused the damage to the pool, exculpating former Olympian David Hearn and others.
- President Donald Trump publicly expressed disappointment in Pirro, stating she "folded like an umbrella" by dropping the case.
- Interior Secretary Doug Burgum maintained that vandals caused the damage, asserting his department provided expert and eyewitness testimony to Pirro's office.
- Pirro's office has faced scrutiny for a series of high-priority case losses, including failing to indict Democratic lawmakers and having grand jury subpoenas against Jerome Powell quashed.
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