2026-08-11 21:41:06 UTC / 路透社
作者：安德鲁·古兹沃德
2026年8月11日 世界协调时21:41 更新于2小时前
2026年8月5日，美国华盛顿，林肯纪念堂倒影池的雨水中倒映着华盛顿纪念碑。路透社/埃里克·李 授权转载
- 摘要
- 相关讨论是在撤销包括前美国奥运选手在内的破坏案件之后展开的
- 案件撤销令特朗普震怒
- 检察官将水池受损归咎于失败的翻新工程
华盛顿8月11日路透电 — 据两名知情人士透露，尽管司法部已决定撤销此前相关案件，唐纳德·特朗普总统领导的白宫仍要求司法部调查与林肯纪念堂倒影池涉嫌破坏行为相关的新指控可能性。
这些讨论是在特朗普对华盛顿联邦首席检察官珍妮·皮罗震怒之后展开的，皮罗此前以特朗普下令开展的翻新工程导致倒影池大范围受损为由，撤销了对前美国奥运皮划艇选手大卫·赫恩等人的破坏案件指控。
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皮罗的办公室在得出结论后撤销了对赫恩的案件，结论认为华盛顿国家地标倒影池的大面积损坏是合同工程缺陷导致的，而非特朗普反复指控的故意破坏。
这些讨论最初由《华尔街日报》报道，表明特朗普政府可能试图重启相关案件，这也是白宫干预刑事调查的又一例证，与司法部数十年来的惯例形成鲜明反差。
赫恩的律师表示，新的指控将“为司法部历史上可悲的篇章再添荒诞一笔，进一步骚扰无辜之人”。
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白宫将问题转至司法部，后者未立即回应置评请求。
华盛顿特区当地一名法官已驳回对赫恩的案件，并将在未来几周内决定是否给予检察官寻求新指控的机会，或是永久终止诉讼程序。
据两名知情人士透露，最近的对话涉及司法部总部的刑事司——该部门通常负责处理企业欺诈、国际黑帮等复杂案件，而非皮罗的办公室，后者的职责范围包括华盛顿当地刑事案件。其中一名人士表示，此次对话旨在探讨是否有依据提起轻罪诉讼。
目前对话仍处于初步阶段，尚未作出最终决定。
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赫恩于上月被起诉犯有重罪破坏财产罪，此前皮罗指控他在该区域骑行时强行拉扯并损坏了倒影池底部的衬里。赫恩拒不认罪并否认有任何不当行为。
不到一个月后，检察官改变立场，告知法官新披露的文件显示，是失败的翻新工程而非蓄意破坏造成了水池受损。
特朗普对皮罗撤销案件的决定感到震怒，并敦促她重新审查此案。尽管他在周日的社交媒体帖子中承认没有证据证明存在蓄意破坏，但他仍将这座耗资1470万美元的工程的问题归咎于破坏者。
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Trump White House asked DOJ to explore new Reflecting Pool charges, sources say
2026-08-11 21:41:06 UTC / Reuters
By Andrew Goudsward
August 11, 2026 9:41 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago
The Washington Monument is reflected in rainwater in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 5, 2026. REUTERS/Eric Lee Purchase Licensing Rights
- Summary
- Discussions followed move to drop vandalism cases, including against former U.S. Olympian
- Dismissal of cases enraged Trump
- Prosecutors blamed damage to pool on botched renovation project
WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s White House has asked the Justice Department to examine potential new charges related to alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool despite the department’s decision to drop prior cases, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The discussions followed Trump’s fury at Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor in Washington, for moving to dismiss cases against former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn and others accused of damaging the pool following Trump-ordered renovations.
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Pirro’s office dropped the case against Hearn after concluding that widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool, a landmark on Washington’s National Mall, was the result of flawed contracting work rather than intentional destruction, as Trump has repeatedly alleged.
The discussions, which were first reported by the Wall Street Journal, are an indication that the Trump administration could seek to revive those cases and are another example of the White House intervening in criminal investigations, in a sharp break from decades-long Justice Department practice.
Lawyers for Hearn said new charges would “add another bizarre turn to a sad chapter in the DOJ’s history and further harass an innocent man.”
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The White House referred questions to the Justice Department, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A local Washington, D.C., judge has dismissed the case against Hearn and is set to decide in the coming weeks whether to give prosecutors the opportunity to seek new charges or permanently end the prosecution.
The most recent conversations involved the Criminal Division at Justice Department headquarters, which typically manages complex cases on corporate fraud, international gangs and other issues, rather than Pirro’s office, whose remit includes local criminal cases in Washington, according to the two people familiar with the matter. One of the people said the talks were aimed at exploring whether there was a basis to bring a misdemeanor case.
The conversations are preliminary and no final decision has been made.
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Hearn was indicted last month on a felony destruction of property charge after Pirro initially alleged he forcibly pulled on and damaged the lining on the bottom of the Reflecting Pool while cycling in the area. Hearn pleaded not guilty and denied wrongdoing.
Less than a month later, prosecutors reversed course, telling a judge that newly disclosed documents showed that a botched renovation, not vandalism, damaged the pool.
Trump raged at Pirro’s decision to drop the case and urged her to revisit it. He has continued to blame issues with the $14.7 million project on vandals, despite acknowledging in a social media post on Sunday that there was no proof of sabotage.
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Reporting by Andrew Goudsward; Editing by Andy Sullivan and Matthew Lewis
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