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'True embarrassment': Expert twists the knife as Trump admin's Reflecting Pool case flops
When the State Blames a Swimmer for Its Own FailureA Maintenance Problem Became a Crime StoryThe source is simple enough: the Trump Justice Department dropped charges against Olympic canoeist David Hearn after accusing him of ripping up the Reflecting Pool liner with his bare hands. The pool had already been damaged by algae and a floating liner after taxpayer-funded renovations. Hearn said he only reached in and touched the liner.That is the factual core. Everything else is political theater built on top of it.Power Sat With the ProsecutorsThe people with real institutional power were not…
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