2026年8月11日 美国东部时间晚9:26 / 福克斯新闻
司法部被要求考虑对被控犯有破坏行为的奥运皮划艇运动员戴维·赫恩提起轻罪指控
作者:邦尼·朱、戴维·斯庞特
一段病毒式传播的视频显示林肯纪念堂倒影池纪念碑上有油漆剥落,总统唐纳德·特朗普将此次耗资不菲的修复工作归咎于破坏行为。
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据福克斯新闻获悉,在联邦检察官提议撤销对戴维·赫恩的重罪指控数周后,白宫官员已要求司法部探讨是否可以对这位被控破坏新近翻新的林肯纪念堂倒影池的男子提起新的诉讼。
美国检察官珍妮娜·皮罗的办公室于7月31日提议撤销此前的案件,该案件指控奥运皮划艇运动员戴维·赫恩破坏了这座耗资1400万美元的工程,当时工作人员发现了裂缝、藻类滋生和密封剂剥落的问题。
皮罗的办公室援引了内政部的调查结果,结论称损坏与安装过程中的缺陷有关,而非破坏行为。
此后,据《华尔街日报》最先报道,白宫官员已联系司法部,探讨能否对赫恩提起轻罪指控。据福克斯新闻获悉,目前尚未作出最终决定。
特朗普敦促珍妮娜·皮罗重新审视已撤销的林肯纪念堂倒影池破坏案
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唐纳德·特朗普总统敦促美国检察官珍妮娜·皮罗重新审视最近撤销的林肯纪念堂倒影池破坏案指控。
对此,赫恩的律师表示,在检察官已经承认缺乏足够证据支持原指控的情况下,再提起新的诉讼只会损害司法部的公信力。
“如果情况属实,这将是令人震惊的首例:司法部因缺乏定罪证据而自行承认败诉的案件,如今竟死而复生。这将为司法部历史上的悲惨篇章再添荒诞一笔,进一步骚扰一名无辜男子,”律师们在联合声明中说道。
该声明由民主捍卫基金的诺姆·艾森、华盛顿诉讼集团的玛丽·多尔曼以及斯蒂普特律师事务所的史蒂夫·莱文联合发布。
特朗普称他“完全不赞同”美国检察官珍妮娜·皮罗关于倒影池案件的立场
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国民警卫队成员走过时,工作人员正在为国家广场的倒影池涂刷油漆,华盛顿特区,周四。
尽管皮罗的办公室提议撤销原联邦案件,但检察官寻求的是无先决条件的驳回,这意味着指控仍有可能再次被提起。
重启诉讼的可能性正值特朗普政府多次坚称损坏是由破坏行为造成之际。
唐纳德·特朗普总统表示,泳池材料上发现了似乎是用刀划出的划痕。他还称,有人被看到在这些确切位置下跪,手伸进水中。
6月19日,戴维·赫恩被看到拉扯泳池涂层的松动部分,美国公园警察随后将其列为嫌疑人。警方称,即便国家公园管理局工作人员要求他停止,他仍继续拉扯。
特朗普坚称倒影池破坏指控,援引新证人证词
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戴维·赫恩被指控破坏林肯纪念堂倒影池。他一直坚称自己无罪。
此次损坏估计损失约1000美元,赫恩也于7月2日因一项重罪破坏财产罪被起诉。
特朗普敦促皮罗重新考虑她“仓促作出”的撤销该项重罪指控的决定,并批评赫恩所谓的政治人脉,称他是民主党筹款平台ActBlue的“重要人物”。
“美国检察官珍妮娜·皮罗应该重新审视她仓促作出的决定,尤其是事实证明,涉案的‘绅士’是ActBlue的重要人物,这是一个可耻的筹款骗局,而且他的代理律师是一名‘特朗普仇恨者’般的龌龊政客、 hack律师诺姆·艾森,以及CREW这个以‘慈善’为名进行政治活动的组织,据我所知,这是非法的!”特朗普说道。
特朗普随后还称,皮罗在该案中“在法官的压力下‘窒息’了”,并“像伞一样屈服了”。
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White House asks DOJ to consider new prosecution in Reflecting Pool case
August 11, 2026 9:26pm EDT / Fox News
The DOJ is being asked to consider a misdemeanor charge against accused vandal Olympic canoeist David Hearn
By Bonny Chu, David Spunt
President Donald Trump blames vandalism for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool needing costly repairs after viral videos showed paint peeling on the monument.
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White House officials have asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to explore whether it would be possible to pursue a new prosecution against the man accused of vandalizing the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, weeks after federal prosecutors moved to dismiss felony charges against him, Fox News has learned.
The previous case, which U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office moved to dismiss on July 31, accused Olympic canoeist David Hearn of damaging the costly $14 million project after cracks, algae growth and peeling sealant were discovered.
Pirro’s office cited findings from the Department of the Interior that concluded the damage was linked to flaws in the installation process rather than vandalism.
White House officials have since reached out to the DOJ to determine whether Hearn could instead face a misdemeanor charge, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal. No final decision has been made, Fox News has learned.
TRUMP URGES JEANINE PIRRO TO REVISIT DROPPED LINCOLN MEMORIAL REFLECTING POOL VANDALISM CASE
President Donald Trump has urged U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to revisit the recently dropped charges over vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
In response to the move, Hearn’s attorneys said pursuing a new case would only undermine the DOJ’s credibility after prosecutors already acknowledged they lacked sufficient evidence to support the original charges.
“If true, it would mark a shocking first: a case that the DOJ lost by its own admission because it lacked the evidence to convict, returning from the dead. This would add another bizarre turn to a sad chapter in the DOJ’s history and further harass an innocent man,” the attorneys said in a joint statement.
The statement was issued by Norm Eisen of Democracy Defenders Fund, Mary Dohrmann of Washington Litigation Group, and Steve Levin of Steptoe LLP.
TRUMP SAYS HE ‘DISAGREES 100%’ WITH U.S. ATTORNEY JEANINE PIRRO OVER REFLECTING POOL CASE
Members of the National Guard walk by as workers apply a coat of paint to the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall on Thursday in Washington, D.C.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
While Pirro’s office has moved to drop the original federal case, prosecutors sought a dismissal without prejudice, meaning the charges could potentially be brought again.
The possibility of a renewed prosecution comes as the Trump administration has repeatedly maintained that the damage was caused by vandalism.
President Donald Trump said slashes were found in the pool’s material that appeared to have been made with a knife. He also claimed people had been seen kneeling at those exact locations with their hands in the water.
U.S. Park Police identified Hearn as a suspect after he was reportedly seen grabbing and tugging on a loose section of the pool’s coating on June 19. Police said he continued to do so even after National Park Service employees urged him to stop.
TRUMP DOUBLES DOWN ON REFLECTING POOL VANDALISM ALLEGATIONS, CITES NEW WITNESS ACCOUNT
David Hearn has been accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. He has maintained his innocence.(David Madison/Getty Images, File; Annabelle Gordon/Reuters)
The damage was estimated at about $1,000 and resulted in Hearn’s indictment on July 2 on one count of felony destruction of property.
Trump has urged Pirro to reconsider her “hastily made” decision to drop that felony charge and criticized Hearn’s alleged political connections, claiming he was a “big player” in the Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue.
“U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro should re-visit her hastily made decision, especially since it turned out that the ‘gentleman’ involved is a big player in ActBlue, a disgraceful fundraising SCAM, and is represented by a TRUMP DERANGED SLEAZEBAG, Political Hack Lawyer, Norm Eisen, and CREW, a group that uses ‘charity’ for political purposes which is, to the best of my knowledge, ILLEGAL!” Trump said.
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Trump later said Pirro “choked” under pressure from a judge regarding the case and “folded like an umbrella.”
Bonny Chu is a Breaking and Trending News Writer for Fox News Digital