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Man accused by Trump admin of vandalizing Reflecting Pool claps back after case dropped
When Power Breaks the Pool and Blames the BystanderThe Story in One SentenceThe Justice Department has moved to dismiss its case against Olympian Davey Hearn after Interior Department information showed the Reflecting Pool damage came from a rushed, flawed renovation, not from vandalism by Hearn, who was arrested, indicted, and threatened with prison for touching peeling lining at the site.The Real Decision-MakersThe institutional power in this story sits with Trump’s administration: the White House demanded a vanity renovation, the Interior Department pushed it through under deadline…
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