{"id":2617916,"date":"2026-06-23T16:11:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T20:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-arrests-made-in-connection-with-alleged-reflecting-pool-vandalism\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T20:14:17","slug":"five-arrests-made-in-connection-with-alleged-reflecting-pool-vandalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-arrests-made-in-connection-with-alleged-reflecting-pool-vandalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Arrests Made in Connection with Alleged Reflecting Pool Vandalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffive-arrests-made-in-connection-with-alleged-reflecting-pool-vandalism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2617916&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump has threatened strict legal action against those involved in vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. According to reports from CBS News, five individuals have been arrested, and five others received federal citations related to the incident. trump claimed that the vandals caused notable damage, including a large gash and the dumping of chemicals into the pool, and stated that violators could face up to ten years in prison. He personally observed the damage and attributed malicious intent to the vandalism, which he described as &#8220;violent.&#8221; The incident is part of a broader political controversy over the pool&#8217;s recent renovation, which has been criticized and politicized, with some seeing it as a symbol in ongoing partisan debates. The situation highlights the tension around national monuments and the impact of political narratives in such incidents.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-activists-face-11-years-in-prison-for-praying\/\" title=\"Conservative activists may receive 11-year prison sentences for praying\">threatened legal consequences<\/a> for anyone found guilty of derailing his efforts to Make America Beautiful Again.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-reflecting-pool-vandalism-arrest-washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>, the U.S. Park Police have arrested five people in connection with alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., while another five individuals have received federal citations.<\/p>\n<p>Trump threatened to punish the alleged offenders to the law\u2019s fullest extent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease remember that there is a 10-year prison sentence for the destruction, or even the attempted destruction, of such things \u2014 Which will be fully enforced!\u201d the president wrote Monday on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> , according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/least-five-people-arrested-allegedly-tampering-reflecting-pool-officia-rcna351154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud835\uddd7\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf1 \ud835\udddd. \ud835\udde7\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddfd \ud835\udde7\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude02\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5 \ud835\udde6\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf9 \ud835\udde3\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude01 \u2013 \ud835\udfec\ud835\udff5:\ud835\udfee\ud835\udff4 \ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde0 \ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde6\ud835\udde7 \ud835\udfec\ud835\udff2.\ud835\udfee\ud835\udfee.\ud835\udfee\ud835\udff2<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udea8President Trump just posted below that radical vandals singled out the restored Lincoln Reflecting Pool for a vicious attack with a huge gash, dumped toxins, and a hateful\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dNaE9uwn7n\">pic.twitter.com\/dNaE9uwn7n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From  (@TrumpDailyPosts) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/2069083237918609670?\">June 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Also in that post, Trump alleged that vandals had dumped chemicals into the Pool and given it a \u201c300-foot-long gash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then, later on Monday, the president told reporters that he had personally seen the enormous gash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw it. They cut it. They cut it very violently,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ll see it in court,\u201d the president replied when pressed for photographic evidence of the alleged vandalism, \u201cbut all you have to do is call the parks department, call the Department of Interior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s use of the word \u201cviolently\u201d no doubt stemmed from his apparent belief in the alleged vandals\u2019 malicious intent.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, late Friday on , the president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/revamped-reflecting-pool-damaged-radical-left-lunatics-trump-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">connected<\/a> reports of peeling paint in the Reflecting Pool to an incident earlier this month in which the numbers \u201c86\u201d and \u201c47,\u201d which together are widely interpreted as a call to eliminate Trump, were in the process of being chemically burned into the grass on the National Mall.<\/p>\n<p>Among those arrested and detained on Friday was 67-year-old former Olympic canoe racer David Hearn, according to CBS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a curious citizen,\u201d Hearn said in a phone interview about his decision to pause a lengthy bike ride, reach into the Pool and examine the peeling coating. \u201cI reached down to see what it felt like. It was very rubbery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, like everything else in the Trump Era, the Reflecting Pool renovation has morphed into a partisan political issue.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, shortly after the renovation\u2019s initial completion earlier this month, one Trump-hater on social media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-trump-hater-forced-make-painful-admission-sees-new-reflecting-pool-person\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grudgingly admitted<\/a> that the pool looked good.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks later, however, the Pool developed an algae problem.<\/p>\n<p>Although a predictable development in light of the mostly stagnant water \u2014 not to mention a familiar problem at the Reflecting Pool in particular \u2014 the establishment media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/next-time-tdser-mocks-algae-new-mall-reflecting-pool-remind-obamas-gross-version-looked-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on the 2026 algae in a way it never did when then-President Barack Obama\u2019s 2-year, $34 million renovation, completed in 2012, resulted in a substantially worse algae bloom.<\/p>\n<p>In that same partisan spirit, NBC News interviewed four visitors to the pool Sunday. 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