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前奥运皮划艇运动员戴维·赫恩周四在华盛顿特区高等法院对破坏林肯纪念堂反射池的指控表示不认罪，引发了法庭外的混乱场面：支持者高呼他的名字，指责特朗普政府滥用司法系统。
现年67岁的赫恩于7月2日被起诉一项超过1000美元的财产破坏重罪指控，罪名是他涉嫌破坏林肯纪念堂前的反射池。
若罪名成立，这项重罪最高可判处10年监禁。
戴维·赫恩的支持者出席了他在华盛顿特区高等法院的传讯。
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戴维·赫恩的支持者出席了他在华盛顿特区高等法院的传讯。
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赫恩被起诉是华盛顿特区联邦检察官珍妮娜·皮尔罗做出的一项格外强硬的公诉决定，此前他和其他几人于上月因触碰反射池被传唤。特朗普政府刚刚完成了这座大型水池价值1400万美元的翻新工程，在池底添加了蓝色密封胶，随后国家广场该区域连续多日聚集了围观者和批评总统的人士。
当时密封胶已经大面积剥落，水池内滋生了藻类，赫恩到访该水池并涉嫌掀翻了两平方英尺的蓝色衬里，造成了破坏。
“政府的证据站不住脚，”赫恩的律师玛丽·多尔曼在周四的庭审中表示。
他的律师团队还援引了快速审判权，但法官表示，由于法院日程排满，最早也要到2027年2月才能开庭审理。
目前尚未确定审判日期。他的下一次听证会定于8月5日举行。
赫恩的律师表示，他们将在庭审前就案件的合法性发起全面抗辩。
在短暂的庭审结束后，一大群支持这位知名皮划艇运动员的民众聚集在法庭外，举着标语称赫恩是英雄，其中至少一人举着救生圈。
赫恩前教练之一的妻子艾比·恩迪克特在赫恩的传讯后情绪激动。
抗议者在赫恩传讯前举行游行。
“如果赫恩先生仅仅因为触碰反射池就会被提起重罪指控，那么每个美国人都将面临风险，”赫恩的另一位律师诺曼·艾森在法庭外表示。
“没错！”人群中的一名女子喊道。
“我们相信司法系统能够识破这种对政府权力的滥用，”艾森说。
赫恩离开法庭时面带微笑，举起拳头，支持者们齐声欢呼他的名字。
赫恩等人被捕此前，特朗普政府将翻新后不久出现的池底剥落和藻类滋生问题定性为严重的故意破坏行为。
美国检察官办公室已经对其他几人提起了比赫恩罪名更轻的财产破坏指控。
另外三名被指控破坏反射池的人于周三对轻罪财产破坏指控表示不认罪。法庭记录显示，这三人的指控与赫恩的起诉书之间的法律区别在于，他们被指控造成的水池损坏金额不足1000美元。
法庭记录显示，警方上月在水池旁发现其中一名男子手持一块蓝色密封胶，另一名女子的包里也装有一块。
三人都被要求远离反射池。
周三，从围栏隔离的林肯纪念堂反射池后方可见华盛顿纪念碑。
内政部长道格·伯根姆表示，工作人员已于本周末开始抽干反射池进行维修，这是三个月内的第二次。
此前数周，这座标志性地标一直问题不断：藻华爆发、水体发绿、池底剥落，再加上政府指控的故意破坏行为。
皮尔罗上周在新闻发布会上宣布起诉赫恩时，将对这位前奥运选手的指控描述为对国家纪念碑的暴力亵渎，并称他对逮捕他的公园警察态度好斗且粗鲁。
赫恩所在的马里兰州联邦众议员、民主党人杰米·拉斯金周四在一份声明中表示，赫恩“绝不会”亵渎或故意破坏联邦地标。这位国会议员称赫恩所面临的情况是“卡夫卡式的逮捕和奥威尔式的指控”。
“无论在水上还是陆地上，他都是我选区备受爱戴的模范公民，他是个好人，”拉斯金的声明中写道。
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Former Olympic canoeist David Hearn pleads not guilty to Reflecting Pool damage
2026-07-09T13:49:59.671Z / CNN
By Holmes Lybrand
Updated 1 hr 22 min ago
Updated Jul 9, 2026, 10:43 AM ET
PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2026, 9:49 AM ET
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Former olympian David Hearn stands with his attorney as reporters and protestors gathered at Moultrie Courthouse in Washington, DC, on Thursday, after Hearn’s arraignment.
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Former Olympic canoeist David Hearn pleaded not guilty in Washington, DC, Superior Court Thursday to damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, prompting a raucous scene at the courthouse where supporters chanted his name and accused the Trump administration of abusing the justice system.
Hearn, 67, was indicted on July 2 on one count of destruction of property of more than $1,000 for allegedly damaging the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
The felony charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, if convicted.
David Hearn supporters show up to the former Olympian’s arraignment in DC Superior Court.
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David Hearn supporters show up to the former Olympian’s arraignment in DC Superior Court.
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Hearn’s indictment was a notably aggressive prosecutorial choice by DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro, after he and several others were cited for tampering with the Reflecting Pool last month. Gawkers and critics of the president had gathered for days around the site on the National Mall after the Trump administration completed a $14 million restoration of the massive pool that added blue sealant to the bottom.
The sealant had been peeling extensively and algae was plaguing the pool at the time Hearn visited it and allegedly contributed to the damage by peeling up two square feet of the blue liner.
“The government’s evidence is weak,” Mary Dohrmann, an attorney for Hearn, said during the hearing Thursday.
His attorneys also invoked his right to a speedy trial, but the judge said she couldn’t hold a trial till February 2027 because of the court’s calendar.
No trial date was set. His next hearing is scheduled for August 5.
Hearn’s attorneys indicated he will challenge the legality of the case extensively before a trial.
After the brief court appearance, a large group of the well-known canoeist’s supporters gathered outside the courthouse carrying signs calling Hearn a hero. At least one carried a life preserver.
Abbie Endicott, the wife of one of Hearn’s previous coaches, becomes emotional after his arraignment.
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Protestors march before Hearn’s arraignment.
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“If Mr. Hearn can be charged with a felony for touching the Reflecting Pool, every American is at risk,” another attorney for Hearn, Norm Eisen, said outside the courthouse.
“That’s right!” a woman in the crowd yelled.
“We have confidence in our justice system to see through this misuse of government power,” Eisen said.
As he left, Hearn, smiling, raised his fist while supporters cheered his name.
The arrest of Hearn and others followed the Trump administration recasting the peeling bottom layer and algae growth in the Reflecting Pool shortly after its renovation as serious vandalism.
The US Attorney’s Office has already charged others with property destruction accusations that are less serious than Hearn’s.
Three other people accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool pleaded not guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor charges of destruction of property. The legal difference between their citations and Hearn’s indictment is that the amount of damage to the pool they are accused of causing amounted to less than $1,000, according to court records.
Police had found one of those three people holding a piece of the blue sealant in his hand by the pool last month, and another had a piece in her purse, court records say.
All three were ordered to stay away from the Reflecting Pool.
The Washington Monument is seen past the fenced off Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, on Wednesday.
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Crews began draining the Reflecting Pool over the weekend to make repairs, according to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, for the second time in three months.
The move comes after weeks of problems — algae blooms, green-hued water, a chipping bottom and the administration’s allegations of vandalism — have plagued the iconic landmark.
Pirro, when announcing the indictment of Hearn last week with a press conference, framed the allegations against the former Olympian as a violent desecration of a national monument, and called him belligerent and rude toward the Park Police who had arrested him.
Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat whose congressional district Hearn lives in, said in a statement Thursday that Hearn “would never” desecrate or vandalize a federal landmark. The congressman called what Hearn has faced a “Kafkaesque arrest and Orwellian charges.”
“He is beloved in my district as a model citizen whether on water or on dry land. He is a great guy,” Raskin’s statement said.
This story is developing and will be updated.