The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia headed by right-wing loon and devoted MAGAt Jeanine "Box Wine" Pirro has a rather terrible record for prosecutions of MAGA enemies. The latest bogus case, one brought against Olympic canoeist David Hearn for damaging the Reflecting Pool's blue liner, has run into a major problem: Pirro's sole witness undercut their case for Hearn damaging the liner:
"A key witness in the case against a former Olympian charged with vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool admitted that the landmark was already damaged—and would have needed thousands of dollars’ worth of repairs anyway.
The president spent months hyping his renovations of the famed monument, only for the $16 million 'repairs' to result in peeling blue sealant and a record-breaking algal bloom that turned the water slime green.
Instead of blaming the companies that received no-bid contracts to complete the work, Trump claimed the damage was the work of vandals and ordered a law-enforcement blitz at the site.
But during the grand jury proceedings that led to his indictment, the sole government witness who testified about the damage Hearn allegedly caused 'could not quantify any loss' attributable to Hearn’s conduct, according to a new court filing from Hearn’s legal team.
The witness, who was not identified, testified the property was already damaged before Hearn touched it, and that about $6,000 to $15,000 was needed to fix the immediate area." (our emphasis)
Hearn's legal team is now asking the judge to order the release of all materials concerning the grand jury instructions and transcripts to determine whether there was prosecutorial misconduct and more. You can be certain that Pirro and her lawless team will be found to have broken the rules to give their cult leader a fig leaf for his inept handling of the no-bid pool renovation by one of his contributors.
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