President Trump on Sunday blasted former Olympian David Hearn, labeling him “ActBlue,” and shared a screenshot from court filings that reveal the mountain of evidence, including witnesses and photo evidence, that the Department of Justice had when they dropped his case for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, the Justice Department dropped vandalism charges against Hearn. US Attorney Jeanine Pirro, who previously accused Hearn of “violently and forcefully” ripping up the sealant, claimed that “flawed installation by the contractor” was responsible for the damage. Trump slammed Pirro during an Oval Office press conference on Monday, saying she “choked.” Trump added, “I was disappointed with Jeanine Pirro, really disappointed with Jeanine Pirro. She folded like an umbrella, and people get away with things, and it’s a disgrace.”
After meeting with Pirro at the White House, Trump said to reporters, “I told her I was not happy.” He further said he hadn’t “made a determination” on whether or not he’ll fire Pirro over the debacle.
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Then on Friday, Trump called on Pirro to refile the indictment against David Hearn, calling her decision to drop charges “hastily made.”
Trump continued his campaign to indict Hearn on Sunday, sharing a screenshot from the government’s motion to dismiss Hearn’s indictment, dated July 31, 2026, where prosecutors detail interviews with National Park employees who reported that Hearn was arrested after he “started to ‘violently’ rip and tug at a large portion of the blue pool coating.”
The portion Trump shared reads,
“Further investigation by the government included interviews with two National Park Service (“NPS”) employees, W-1 and W-2, who were both engaged in cleaning the interior of the Reflecting Pool. The defendant approached the area where they were working. W-1 stated they observed the defendant using his cellular telephone to take what the NPS employee believed to be video or a photograph(s) of the damage to the reflecting pool. The NPS employee, W-1, stated that the defendant then knelt, placed both hands into the reflecting pool-below the surface of the water-and started to “violently” rip and tug at a large portion of the blue pool coating. The NPS employee, W-1, asked the second NPS employee, W-2, to contact police and requested that the defendant not touch or rip at the coating. The defendant told W-1, that the NPS personnel were “awfully sensitive about the pool” and he continued to tug at the coating until National Guard soldiers arrived.”
The filing further notes that “A third NPS employee, W-3, took a photograph of the area where the defendant was seen pulling the lining prior to the incident involving the defendant. Metadata associated with the photo indicates that it was captured at 2:55 PM on July 19, 2026, shortly before W-1 and W-2 observed the defendant aggressively pulling and further damaging this compromised area of the Reflecting Pool.”
Also included in the filing is photo evidence of the damage.
Trump posted the screenshot, writing on Truth Social, “The National Park Service employee provided this witness testimony to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in early July, as seen below.”
“Numerous other events took place, including using an acid like material on the just installed grass adjoining the Pool. On it were written the letters, ’86 47,’ a phrase probably gotten from James Comey,” Trump added.
He noted that “there was also some contractor error done by rushing the job for a July 4th opening,” but said they were not fully responsible for the damage, as Pirro’s office claimed, and that it was a “very small area.”
Full statement below:
ALERT: A National Park Service career employee, a highly credible witness, saw David Hearn (ActBlue) in broad daylight vandalize the Reflecting Pool by “violently” ripping and tugging at the Pool’s somewhat delicate coating. The National Park Service employee provided this witness testimony to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in early July, as seen below. Numerous other events took place, including using an acid like material on the just installed grass adjoining the Pool. On it were written the letters, “86 47,” a phrase probably gotten from James Comey. There was substantial other damage to the Reflecting Pool, also but, unfortunately, there is no video or proof, other than the damage, itself. We are working on the Pool, and it will reopen shortly. As with many jobs, there was also some contractor error done by rushing the job for a July 4th opening, but it was a very small area of this massive Pool, and was relatively inconsequential. Security cameras have been, and are being, installed. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
When Hearn was arrested in June, local independent journalist Emily Miller appeared to catch his arrest on camera. She shared the clip on X, saying he was vandalizing the pool and tried to impede workers cleaning the pool by “grabb[ing] the hose that female National Park Service workers were using to clear the algae.” Miller further said in June that a man was arrested after jumping into the pool and cutting out a “huge piece” of the sealant.
It was also previously discovered that someone had inscribed “8647,” a call for Trump’s assassination, on the pool’s sealant.
But Pirro’s office dropped all of the cases.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Pirro’s office also moved to dismiss charges against Justin Carreno, Sophie Dennison-Gibby, and Cameron Thiers, all of whom were accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool. According to court documents, Pirro’s office moved to dismiss all three cases last Friday, the same day they moved to dismiss charges against Hearn.
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