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In the wake of news that President Donald Trump is seeking to reprosecute Olympian David Hearn under charges of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool \u2014 allegations Trump\u2019s own administration has debunked \u2013 a conservative journalist took to social media to point out the “mind-blown hypocrisy” of the situation. <\/p>\n

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\u201cI’m sorry, I can’t get over this,\u201d wrote <\/u>Reason reporter Billy Binion. \u201cThe most powerful person on earth is using the full force of government to jail a 67-year-old over an error his *own administration* oversaw. It is the epitome of government \u2018weaponization.\u2019 Mind-blowing hypocrisy. It’s unconscionable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Binion made these comments while sharing a Wall Street Journal<\/u> article that details Trump\u2019s renewed effort to bring charges against Hearn. According to the Journal, \u201cA new prosecution of the defendant, Olympic canoeist David Hearn, would be highly unusual, especially after Pirro told a judge in surprising detail that the government\u2019s decision to indict him on a felony charge was ill-informed. Pirro said a botched renovation, not vandalism, was responsible for the reflecting pool\u2019s problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the Journal notes, \u201cTrump has repeatedly criticized Pirro since she dropped the case, and in a Friday social-media post<\/u> said she \u2018should revisit her hastily made decision.\u2019 He also posted a photo, captioned \u2018Vandalism,\u2019 that he said showed graffiti and damage to the Reflecting Pool. On Sunday, Trump said that \u2018a highly credible witness\u2019 saw Hearn ripping and tugging at the pool\u2019s coating.\u201d This is despite the fact that the government\u2019s own witness<\/u> has already contradicted this assertion. <\/p>\n

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Per the Journal, \u201cThe discussion comes after Todd Blanche spent weeks trying to parry Senate concerns that he was too willing to bend the Justice Department to Trump\u2019s will.\u201d Confirmed over the weekend by a single vote, \u201cBlanche, who was a top Trump defense attorney in private practice, has said it is the president\u2019s right and duty to weigh in on the Justice Department\u2019s criminal investigations. That view is a departure from that of his predecessors, who sought to avoid the appearance of White House interference in the agency\u2019s affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hearn co-counsel Norm Eisen said a new prosecution \u201cwould mark a shocking first: Bringing back from the dead a case that the DOJ lost by its own admission that it lacked the evidence to convict. This would add another bizarre turn to a sad chapter in the DOJ\u2019s history \u2014 and further harass an innocent man.\u201d <\/p>\n

Binion agrees, writing<\/u>, \u201cFor years we’ve heard complaints about how Biden weaponized the government against J6 rioters. Yet many of the high-profile people who’ve made money off those complaints seem strangely OK with Trump trying to imprison a senior citizen for a PR stunt. Can’t reconcile that one.\u201d<\/p>\n

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