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President Donald Trump\u2019s attempt to repaint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has spiraled into an embarrassing debacle that refuses to die. In the latest twist, the Department of Justice seems to have yet again blown its own case against former Olympian David Hearn, who was arrested on charges of vandalizing the pool.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn a new filing,\u201d posted All Rise News editor-in-chief Adam Klasfeld on Wednesday, \u201cTrump DOJ reveals that there’s an NPS email showing peeling due to overspray in the section of the pool relevant to the David Hearn case. It’s dated June 11, more than a week before Hearn’s arrest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Klasfeld attached a screenshot from the DOJ filing, which reads, \u201cThe email detailed that the \u2018contractor stated that the peeled area was \u201coverspray\u201d from spraying the perimeter joint with polyurea.\u2019 The engineer stated his \u2018concern that this \u201coverspray\u201d along the perimeter of the pool could lead to a 1\u2019-2\u2019 strip that is vulnerable to peeling.\u2019 The engineer also stated \u2018[t]he polyurea liner that has peeled does not float in water, so should not be highly visible to visitors and can be vacuumed out along with sediment and algae during the normal cleaning process.\u2019 These statements cast significant doubt that the defendant caused damage to the lining. This information \u2014 that the piece of liner peeled by the defendant was overspray, of little or no value \u2014 was first furnished to the prosecutors weeks after the grand jury indicted the defendant.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other words, the DOJ\u2019s own evidence proves the damage had nothing to do with Hearn. According to Klasfeld<\/u>, \u201cProsecutors say that the files showing the earlier peeling \u2018sabotage\u2019 their ability to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt \u2014 but also (absurdly) claim that \u2018newly discovered evidence\u2019 could rehabilitate the case later.\u201d What\u2019s more, he adds, \u201cThey still want dismissal without prejudice, even though their case is gutted.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Earlier this month, Hearn\u2019s defense team filed a motion to have the charges dismissed \u201cwith prejudice<\/u>\u201d following U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro\u2019s humiliating admission that the case was groundless. Pirro requested dismissal after documentation from an Interior Department investigation contradicted the prosecution\u2019s claims, and the motion to grant the dismissal \u201cwith prejudice\u201d was submitted by the defense out of concerns that Trump could attempt to come after Hearn again. <\/p>\n

It has since come out that Trump has in fact requested further charges<\/u> against Hearn. While the prosecution is now arguing that the case should be dismissed without prejudice in case new evidence comes to light later, Trump\u2019s demand for more action against Hearn supports the defense\u2019s assertion that the case was \u201cmotivated by political considerations\u201d and that there was a high ongoing \u201crisk of harassment and bad faith\u201d on the part of the president. <\/p>\n

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