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https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/07/20/reflecting-pool-repairs-could-undermine-case-against-former-olympian-judge-says/

Repair work at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool done after a former Olympic canoeist was accused of damaging it could jeopardize the government’s case against him, a D.C. Superior Court judge warned Monday.

The government is “operating at its own peril,” said Judge Todd E. Edelman, if the Reflecting Pool is altered or not preserved before the defense’s expert has a chance to sample it.

Earlier this month, a grand jury indicted David Hearn, 67, for allegedly vandalizing the Reflecting Pool. Hearn pleaded not guilty.

On Thursday, defense attorneys for Hearn filed a motion to dismiss the indictment against him, alleging the government failed to preserve the section of Reflecting Pool liner that Hearn is charged with damaging, according to court documents.

“Despite the importance of the pool liner to the case, in the brief period since June 19, 2026, the same government that presented and returned the indictment against Mr. Hearn has fenced off the scene, begun draining the pool yet again, and publicly announced its intention to repair the very liner whose condition is at issue,” attorneys said in the court document.

They sent an attorney to the Reflecting Pool for an inspection and “confirmed that spoliation of evidence has taken place,” according to the motion.

Hearn’s defense attorneys said that Hearn is entitled to use his own experts to test the Reflecting Pool but that “he cannot do so once the government has resurfaced the Reflecting Pool,” according to the motion.

During a status hearing Monday, Edelman denied the defense’s motion but questioned the government as to whether the status quo of the Reflecting Pool has been maintained.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kevin Reddington and Kadian Carter said at the hearing that they were not sure whether the affected area had been touched.
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They said that the remediation work was scheduled to accommodate the defense’s expert and that they are “doing the best we can” to keep the site preserved, in collaboration with the Interior Department. The water has been drained from the Reflecting Pool.

Defense attorney Mary Dohrmann said the team hopes to have a defense expert sample the Reflecting Pool as soon as this week.

Edelman told prosecutors that if there are alterations to the Reflecting Pool, the government could face sanctions in the case.

“I understand you personally are not in control,” Edelman said, noting that the executive branch has the ultimate authority. “There may well not be any prejudice.”

While President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro have blamed vandals for damage to the Reflecting Pool, a Washington Post analysis found that the peeling was probably caused by application flaws.

Edelman set a trial date for Sept. 28.
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>>1524718
It makes you wonder how the trump regime framed the case to the grand jury to get an indictment, I'm going to put my money on false testimony and evidence.
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>>1524727
Yeah they probably just lied again like they keep doing.
> he had a KNIFE he was caught in the act etc
They can't even get a stable lineup of prosecutors.
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>>1524718
It's rather odd that I can't find too many photos of the drained pool.
I'd like to see them.
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>>1524718
Wonder why this is a problem for the pool liner case but not the Charlie Kirk shooting where they immediately tore up and repaved the concrete. Seems like the same issue at hand.
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>>1524741
Was the concrete in the terrorist shooting material to the case?
Personally I think it wasn't that important.
I say let the retarded canoer off. They'll likely bomb his ass when he goes to smuggle drugs into the US for Columbia to get dRumpf.
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>>1524742
>Was the concrete in the terrorist shooting material to the case?
If the defense could prove there was explosive residue all over it and that Kirk wasn't actually shot, then yes.

Then again with the evidence destroyed, who cares, right?
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how the hell did they get a grand jury to indict on this bullshit?
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>>1524744
>If the defense could prove there was explosive residue all over it and that Kirk wasn't actually shot, then yes.
So no.

>>1524825
Probably by breaking the law like usual.
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>>1524825
They’ve been caught lying to grand juries before, so probably that.
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>>1524825
They either jury shopped or lied. It's not the first time the trump regime has done this.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/06/09/crock-s-t-unsealed-grand-jury-transcripts-detail-alleged-prosecutorial-misconduct
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>>1524829
The Reflecting Pool is literally on camera 24/7
They have no pictures or videos of the alleged crime
They do have photographs that the guy took himself of the damaged liner, and prosecutors admit they were taken before he reached into the pool
After draining there's obvious damage from armored cars driving through it

They were never going to win the case. The whole point was to pretend it was vandalism so they could funnel millions of more dollars in corrupt contracts to fix it
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>>1524825
Either they finally found a sympathetic pro-Trump grand jury or they lied out their ass.
The standard for a grand jury is simply "is it more likely than not that this person did the thing" and there's no defense. The prosecutors are the only ones making a presentation and don't have to show any exonerating evidence. The fact that they actually fail to convince a grand jury in any case is a real testament to their incompetence.
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>>1524833
And as an example of how easy it would be
>here's a surveillance video of the suspect approaching the pool and reaching into it
>*tiny screen shows four pixel tall figure pulling arm away from pond*
>and here's a video of the suspect with the piece he ripped out
>*shows snippet of suspects own video of blue garbage floating in the pool*
>given what i have shown you, do you think it's more likely than not he vandalized the pool?

You may notice that the fact that these two events are timestamped in the opposite order is not mentioned, nor is any clear video of him actually rummaging around at the bottom of the pool with a knife. Only when they get to the actual trial jury will they have to show the complete set of footage and evidence in the actual order it happened, and the defense will get to object to them speculating and making claims with no proof.
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>>1524744
There was no fucking explosive device you fucking conspiracy nut.
The tranny fucker gave K-urk a new neckhole.
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>>1524838
sure thing glowie
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>>1524841
You wanna know what a micro-explosive hit to a guy looks like, check the Shalom Pager incident from a couple years back. Plenty of videos showing exactly how it looks, and it's nothing like some guy getting a bad case of lead poisoning.
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>>1524718
Is there anyone buying this? Anyone at all? It's just so absurd.
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>>1524838
>>1524882
>It's just so absurd.
"Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity." - Cornelius Tacitus
>There was no fucking explosive device you fucking conspiracy nut.
And now that the crime scene was immediately destroyed by the state, nobody will ever know one way or the other. But everybody knows the first thing they do when a public figure is shot is tear up all the surrounding concrete, throw it away and repave it into a monument for the slain to charge tickets for. Nothing to see here.

And really, if we're at the point that criminals don't deserve trials then all things are possible, aren't they?
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>>1524896
>nobody will ever know one way or the other
Setting aside the fact that the event was filmed from like 200 different angles and there's no shockwave that explosions *always* produce.

This is like claiming you can't prove there wasn't a living adult t-rex in a shoebox that got thrown out.
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>>1524922
if your friend buries the body it doesn't change the fact that ur a murderer. just because people can't find it dipshit. The criminal should be publicly executed for crimes against the state. Leftists think kirk deserve it for spreading hate so lets have it go both ways. You deserve it too for cocksucking a domestic terrorist.
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>>1524924
There's a difference between thinking someone deserved it, and the fact the one who actually necked Groomer Kirk was a rightoid follower of Nick Fuentes.
The fact you to kill people is on brand for rightoids.
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>>1524925
ahh yes the leftists always making excuses for murder. gotta love the whole HE DOESN"T REPRESENT US DESPITE WE"RE ALL PEACEFUL AND ANYONE WHO ISN"T ISN"T WITH US. you should die I hope you die painfully I hope you get cancer for being such a hypocrite
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>>1524929
>Rightoid proving again he's super violent and only his side is murdering people
>Also creates false charges to jail innocent people like David.
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>>1524931
funny considering you're celeberating murder.
there isn't a single vocal leftist whose innocent. you're a disgusting hypocrite now that i know your beliefs i can safely say I hope you get iced
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>>1524932
>Threaten more people with death
Classic violent rightoid. Amazing how you don't even deny your side necked kirk either because everyone knows that's what happened.
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>>1524933
ahh yes leftist gay couple supports murder and you disavow all violence despite celebrating it. its hilarious how stupid you are.
I hope your family gets cancer
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>>1524934
>esl shill things
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>>1524922
>there's no shockwave that explosions *always* produce.
What an incredibly weird, arbitrary and retarded hill to try to make. I haven't seen any video footage of the bullet either, despite 200 camera angles, and yet somebody had incentive to destroy the crime scene. I guess it was just scheduled for demolition for the memorial that was going up anyway?
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>You lost tranny
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>>1524934
>Rightoid seething that his violence is called out.
I'd tell you to stop, but it's the natural state of conservatives.
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Why are any of you talking to this dumb kid? Don't bully children.
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>>1524976
leftist piss babies need to be mocked until they behave or aborted. sadly it's too late for the latter so do your part or you're one of them
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>>1524977
you should probably leave until you learn english
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>>1524979
you should have your bloodline ended so we get less human filth. the world is hell because of people like you, that's domestic terrorism is Kino and shootings are good, you made them happen.
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anyways, no time to play silly games with esl shill. someone else can humiliate him
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>>1524832
It's clear the prosecutors lied to the grand jury.
There's also the fact that they destroyed the 'crime scene' too
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>>1524940
>I haven't seen any video footage of the bullet either
Kay, and? Cameras can miss a bullet. Are you saying all the cameras missed the shockwave, despite the fact that that's physically impossible?

Was the T-Rex in the shoebox invisible?
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>>1525242
>Are you saying all the cameras missed the shockwave, despite the fact that that's physically impossible?
No, I'm really just saying you're retarded and a lack of evidence when no investigation has been done doesn't mean anything.



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