US Olympian indicted after Trump alleged ‘vandalism’ at DC reflecting pool
Canoeist David Hearn was arrested in June after touching a peeling piece of liner in the pool from renovation projectDavid Hearn, a three-time US Olympian and canoeist, has been indicted...
By Shrai Popat in Washington DC · The Guardian World
Canoeist David Hearn was arrested in June after touching a peeling piece of liner in the pool from renovation project David Hearn, a three-time US Olympian and canoeist, has been indicted by a grand jury in Washington DC after Donald Trump blamed vandals for damaging Washington’s reflecting pool after a $14.7m renovation project. The indictment accuses Hearn of “maliciously” breaking or destroying lining material on the bottom of the reflecting pool on 19 June. Lawyers for Hearn denied the allegations following his arrest, accusing the Trump administration of treating ordinary conduct as criminal. Continue reading...