{"id":2642012,"date":"2026-08-07T20:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-for-pirro-to-reopen-reflecting-pool-prosecutions-with-new-allegations\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:28:58","slug":"trump-calls-for-pirro-to-reopen-reflecting-pool-prosecutions-with-new-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-for-pirro-to-reopen-reflecting-pool-prosecutions-with-new-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls for Pirro to reopen Reflecting Pool prosecutions with new allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Ftrump-calls-for-pirro-to-reopen-reflecting-pool-prosecutions-with-new-allegations%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=2642012&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 publicly urged U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to reopen prosecutions of individuals accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial reflecting Pool. Trump highlighted new evidence and damage photographs, criticizing Pirro for dismissing charges against alleged vandals, including some with connections to political groups and individuals he opposes. The dispute stemmed from Pirro\u2019s decision to drop felony charges against certain suspects, citing flawed installation work rather than vandalism. Trump criticized her handling and called for further action, citing evidence of vandalism and witnesses. The incident has become a controversial issue, especially amid broader debates over the refurbishment of the Reflecting Pool and its political implications.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Friday publicly called for U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeanine-pirro\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"3802\">Jeanine Pirro<\/a>, to reopen prosecutions of alleged vandals at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Pirro\u2019s office dismissed the charges against four alleged vandals of the Reflecting Pool, Trump publicly revived the dispute in a post on Truth Social, pointing to new evidence of damage and calling for new prosecutions.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4679931\/trump-pirro-reopen-reflecting-pool-prosecutions\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump calls for Pirro to reopen Reflecting Pool prosecutions with new allegations<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4679502\/white-house-warning-letter-lisa-cook-federal-reserve\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>White House sends warning letter to Lisa Cook threatening to fire her<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4678398\/trump-executive-orders-curb-birthright-citizenship-birth-tourism\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump signs executive orders to curb birthright citizenship and \u2018birth tourism\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow that people are able to see it up close, they are reporting pure VANDALISM at The Reflecting Pool,\u201d Trump said, along with a post from freelance photographer Andrew Leyden showing pictures of the damage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe material was cut right where the video tape showed, for 300 feet or more. People were on their knees with their hands in the water at the exact location of the \u2018slashes.\u2019 Additionally, there were witnesses to the VANDALISM, and the flexible areas of the material were cut with a knife,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president called out Pirro, describing her dismissal of charges against the alleged vandals as a \u201chastily made decision,\u201d and calling on her to revisit the matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEspecially since it turned out that the \u2018gentleman\u2019 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 \u2018charity\u2019 for political purposes which is, to the best of my knowledge, ILLEGAL! I have been beating Eisen, a complete LUNATIC, in Court for 10 years, or more. He just keeps coming, but I always WIN!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pirro\u2019s office had recently dismissed felony charges against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn and misdemeanor accusations of destroying property valued at less than $1,000 for three others. The federal prosecutor and former Fox News host said the damage to the Reflecting Pool was the \u201cresult of flawed installation by the contractor\u201d rather than vandalism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4674442\/pirro-drops-charges-reflecting-pool-vandalism-trump\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4674442\">PIRRO DROPS THREE MORE REFLECTING POOL VANDALISM CASES AMID TRUMP OUTRAGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pirro, a longtime Trump ally, experienced a rare rift with the president after dropping the charges. The Reflecting Pool has become a flash point in national interest after Trump ordered its refurbishment, setting off a battle against largely Democratic critics who saw it as a waste of money at best and desecration at worst, and defenders who saw it as long overdue.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After problems quickly emerged with the pool shortly after the refurbishment was finished, Trump has traded accusations of vandalism against claims that a shoddy job was done.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump urges Pirro to reopen Reflecting Pool vandalism cases<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2642013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP25223554821682.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[83857,12603,36160,83856,3634],"class_list":["post-2642012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-new-allegations","tag-pirro","tag-political-controversy","tag-reflecting-pool-prosecutions","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP25223554821682.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2642012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2642012"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2642012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2642015,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2642012\/revisions\/2642015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2642013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2642012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2642012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2642012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}