2026年8月11日 / 美国东部时间下午3:54 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
雅各布·罗森
司法部记者
据多位了解相关讨论的消息人士透露，在联邦检察官本月早些时候提议撤销对前运动员戴维·赫恩的起诉后，白宫官员已询问司法部，是否可以对赫恩提起新的刑事诉讼。赫恩曾被指控破坏林肯纪念堂的倒影池。
美国哥伦比亚特区联邦检察官珍妮娜·皮尔罗曾以重罪毁坏政府财产罪起诉赫恩，指控其对倒影池底部近期新铺设的密封胶造成了超过1000美元的损坏。这项泳池翻新项目是特朗普总统大力推动的。
司法部与白宫之间的讨论早前已由《华尔街日报》报道。
不过本月早些时候，联邦检察官以“新证据显示损坏是由承包商‘不当安装’而非故意破坏造成”为由，申请无附带条件撤销起诉，这意味着该案仍可重新提起。
特朗普总统批评了这一决定，他在Truth Social平台上写道：“或许确实存在承包商操作失误，但主要损坏是由破坏者造成的！”
“我完全不同意哥伦比亚特区联邦检察官珍妮娜·皮尔罗在倒影池案件上的做法，”特朗普写道，“我不知道她当时在想什么？”
在遭到特朗普和内政部长道格·伯古姆的批评后，有人看到皮尔罗带着一整箱证据前往白宫。消息人士称，这些箱子里装着内政部门收集的所有证据，这些证据证明赫恩和其他几名被告并未犯下故意破坏的罪行。
上周，哥伦比亚特区高等法院法官正式驳回了此案，但未就是否附带条件撤销起诉作出裁决，这一问题将影响当前的重罪案件能否重新启动。该案将于今夏晚些时候和初秋安排进一步的案情陈述。
一位消息人士称，白宫与司法部刑事司的对话发生在上周，讨论的重点是是否可以将此案以轻罪罪名提起诉讼，这样就无需使用大陪审团。该消息人士补充道，讨论仅处于探索阶段，尚未作出任何决定。
在决定撤销对赫恩的指控后，华盛顿的检察官还撤销了另外三名被告的轻罪指控，这三人被指控损坏了价值不足1000美元的泳池设施。
代表赫恩的律师迈克尔·布罗米奇在给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的一份声明中表示，“实在难以理解，人们显然在花费巨大精力试图重启一起从一开始就站不住脚的案件”。
“此案被驳回是因为没有证据支持对赫恩先生的指控。即便有更多人投入更多时间试图挽救此案，这一点也不会改变。司法部迟早应该止损，去追查真正的犯罪活动，而不是继续骚扰赫恩先生，”布罗米奇说道。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/jeanine-pirro-trump-reflection-pool-washington-dc/
White House asked DOJ about new Reflecting Pool case against David Hearn
August 11, 2026 / 3:54 PM EDT / CBS News
Jacob Rosen
Justice Department Reporter
White House officials have asked the Justice Department to weigh whether it is possible to bring a new criminal case against David Hearn, the former Olympian who was accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool, after federal prosecutors moved to dismiss the indictment against him earlier this month, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions.
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, had charged Hearn with felony destruction of government property, accusing him of causing more than $1,000 in damage to the sealant that was recently installed at the bottom of the Reflecting Pool. The project to renovate the pool was championed by President Trump.
The discussions between the Justice Department and the White House were reported earlier by the Wall Street Journal.
Earlier this month, however, federal prosecutors moved to dismiss the indictment without prejudice, meaning the case could be brought again, citing new information that the damage was caused by a “botched installation” by a contractor, not vandalism.
President Trump criticized the decision, writing on Truth Social that there “may have been some contractor difficulty, but the major damage was caused by VANDALS!”
“I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, on the Reflecting Pool,” Mr. Trump wrote. “I don’t know what she was thinking?”
After a weekend of criticism from Mr. Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Pirro was spotted visiting the White House carrying a box full of evidence. Sources said the boxes contained all of the evidence collected from the Interior Department that exculpated Hearn and several others from criminal vandalism.
Last week, a D.C. Superior Court judge formally dismissed the case, but punted on the question of whether or not to dismiss with or without prejudice, which could impact whether the current felony case could be revived. There is further briefing scheduled in the case for late this summer and early fall.
The conversation between the White House and the Criminal Division occurred last week, one source said, and the discussions were focused on whether there was a way to bring the case potentially as a misdemeanor, which would not require using a grand jury. The conversations were exploratory, and no decision was made, the source added.
After deciding to drop Hearn’s charges, prosecutors in Washington moved to drop charges against three other defendants who were charged with misdemeanors for allegedly damaging the pool. The three were accused of destroying property of value less than $1,000.
Michael Bromwich, an attorney representing Hearn, said in a statement to CBS News that it was “truly difficult to understand the enormous effort apparently being spent on reviving a case that was dead on arrival.”
“The case was dismissed because there was no evidence to support charging Mr. Hearn. That won’t change with more people spending more time to figure out a way to salvage it. At some point DOJ should simply cut its losses and pursue actual criminal activity rather than continue to harass Mr. Hearn,” Bromwich said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/jeanine-pirro-trump-reflection-pool-washington-dc/
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