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Leaker reveals the true danger of Trump’s Reflecting Pool witch hunt
What happened
AlterNet reports that former Homeland Security official Miles Taylor argues the failed prosecution of former Olympic canoeist David Hearn exposed a broader danger: federal prosecution being used to retaliate against perceived enemies of President Donald Trump. Hearn was detained after touching a peeling liner at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, publicly accused of vandalism and indicted on a felony carrying up to ten years, even though Interior Department engineers had reportedly identified defects in the liner eight days earlier.
According to AlterNet, U.S. Attorney…
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