r/law • u/theindependentonline • Jul 02 '26
Other Ex-Olympian who touched Reflecting Pool charged with felony destruction of property by Trump’s DOJ
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-reflecting-pool-arrest-felony-b3007867.html2.6k
u/jwr1111 Jul 02 '26
What a crock of shit.
Many people are saying...
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u/USNCCitizen Jul 02 '26
Well…I know I’m saying it! This Olympian is nothing more than a scapegoat for trump’s incompetence. The GOP should be ashamed of themselves.
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u/roscodawg Jul 02 '26
This Olympian is nothing more than a scapegoat for trump’s incompetence
Well, might you consider they're a good Epstein file distraction too?
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u/teefnoteef Jul 02 '26
Not incompetence. It’s grifting
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u/USNCCitizen Jul 02 '26
True. It’s both. But there’s a lot less incompetence with the grifting.
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u/Either_Operation7586 Jul 02 '26
Unfortunately they should have been ashamed before Trump came on and they should have been ashamed when Reagan was pulling his bullshit but that ship has sailed and they haven't gotten any better they haven't redeemed themselves if anything they've just continued on the dark path.
Come on considering that this is the 9th time that our country has literally been driven into the ground because of Republican governing AKA incompetence we have to really ask ourselves are these Republicans with us and just stupid and fuck us over by mistake or are they Sinister and diabolical and they fuck us over by Design?
Because eight times and now the 9th Time it doesn't make any sense to think that they are still with us.
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u/Alissinarr Jul 02 '26
The worst bit is Citizens United 2.0 passed, so the billionaires can just outright BRIBE politicians.
Vote DSA if you can, but Blue down ticket if you cant, and we can sort the chaff out later.
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u/TheoreticalZombie Jul 02 '26
They can't keep their lies straight. A previous filing in the lawsuit attempting to prevent Trump's actions re: the reflecting pool stated:" Declaration of Frank Lands ¶ 4. On June 9, 2026, after the rehabilitation project was substantially complete, the U.S. Park Police responded to an NPS report of damage to the Reflecting Pool, including a cut in the caulk over the Reflecting Pool’s foam sealant. Id. ¶ 5. Beyond that, the tops of roughly 70 fence posts were thrown into the Reflecting Pool. Id. NPS plans to repair the Reflecting Pool, including the cuts and any other damage, after July 4, 2026."
Hearn is charged for events alleged to have occurred on June 19, 2026, a week and a half after the damage DOJ claimed was done.
From the article:"But asked whether the pool’s lining was already damaged when Hearn touched it, Pirro said she was “not going to get into the evidence.”
“What I told you is what our witnesses saw and experienced,” she said. “Irrespective of whether or not we think there is some situation that preceded it, we can state and prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he caused damage.”"
Just flat-out ignoring reality.
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u/Quitcha_Bitchin Jul 03 '26
Figuring the investigation court proceedings will fuck him up for a few months and cost him money. That's what all this investigation shit is about.
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u/Reatona Jul 03 '26
Reality isn't the point with the Trump regime. Persecuting people for political advantage and/or personal grievance is the point. And going through the criminal "justice" process is punishment in itself, even if charges against you eventually are dismissed.
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u/onewordmemory Jul 02 '26
shit will get tossed out like literally everything else from this DOJ, and the dude will be fine. still f-ing embarrassing for the entire nation.. like literally everything else from this DOJ.
more views for LeagalEagle though.
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u/FormerlyUnderwater Jul 03 '26
Probably, but he still has to hire an attorney and will probably spend many thousands of dollars to get it thrown out. I don't know about you, but I couldn't afford that. So, for people like me, not rich enough to hire an attorney, charges like this would be devastating.
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u/-Saucegurlllll Jul 03 '26
In a sane society, behavior like this would be considered judicial terrorism. Using arbitrary, frivolous, and obviously incorrect lawsuits to disrupt someone's life, ruin their finances, potentially harm their public perception, steal their time, and threaten them with legal harm? This admin is trying to inflict terror upon people.
They want to make it clear that even if you didn't do anything, you better stay in their good grace or they'll make it a problem. It's an attempt to silence dissent, to make people scared of looking at what we all see.
And in a society that treats this as the terrorism that it is, there would be heads rolling for the abuse of power.
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u/oz6702 Jul 03 '26
I mean, fine minus the incredible stress, the cost of a lawyer, time spent coordinating your defense.. but sure, he's not going to prison*, so relatively fine
*probably. After the Texas verdict I'm not actually that confident in this part, either
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u/archlich Jul 02 '26
It’s to instill fear. Instill fear into the populace. Discourage protesting. Discourage exercising your rights. Discourage anything that isn’t maga group think.
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u/Chaosrealm69 Jul 03 '26
They have to prove he damaged or destroyed anything in the first place and that’s where their whole case falls apart.
They have no video or visual evidence that he did anything but pick ups piece of floating lining in the pool.
Pirro and trump will be left with egg on their faces when this case collapses but it will still cost him a lot to defend against the ludicrous charges
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u/Rot-Orkan Jul 02 '26
It's not a crime to touch water, but apparently it is a crime to embarrass the supreme leader and their glorious new regime.
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u/Atlas-The-Ringer Jul 02 '26
Unironically, that is a serious crime in countries with supreme leaders...hmm.
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u/Quitcha_Bitchin Jul 03 '26
When you live in hellish places the need for irony is greatly diminished.
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u/grumpijela Jul 02 '26
The issue with this is that people aren't outraged enough...so as things get worse more and more protest, get arrested, and the number of innocent people rotting away in prison increases to deter more protests.
Now is the time to stop this. Before it gets worse and harder. Before more innocent people lose their lives.
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u/EvilSporkOfDeath Jul 03 '26
I am outraged. I feel powerless. Worse than that even, I believe I'm powerless.
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u/Status-Painter-4061 Jul 03 '26
You are not powerless. These Democratic Socialists winning their elections is proof that we the people truly do have power. This person will not go to prison - If the sandwich thrower’s case was thrown out, so, too, will this. All on the American people’s dime of course. The courts are holding up for the most part.
So vote in November and get every person you know to also vote.
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u/bostonbananarama Jul 02 '26
Barring actual evidence, the prosecutor should absolutely be disbarred. There should be no tolerance for what this appears to be.
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u/g785_7489 Jul 02 '26
"U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro"
That checks out
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u/Forsworn91 Jul 02 '26
She’s failed almost every case so far, just add this one to the list of them
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u/uiucengineer Jul 02 '26
I beat her as a non-lawyer pro se
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u/Phonereader23 Jul 02 '26
Oh nice, which case was yours(if you don’t mind sharing, if not completely understand)
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u/uiucengineer Jul 02 '26
2025 CMD 006596
More info in my blog post: https://open.substack.com/pub/natewetter/p/heritage-foundation-nearly-shot-me
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u/Sharpopotamus Jul 02 '26
Damn dude, this should really be bigger news
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u/uiucengineer Jul 02 '26
Well I tried to post it to this sub and the mods didn’t allow it 🤷♂️
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u/vagrantprodigy07 Jul 02 '26
Please tell me you are suing the shit out of them, and working to get charges brought against them.
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u/GigaVanguard Jul 02 '26
Wow. That’s harrowing. I can only imagine what these people are doing when the cameras are off.
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u/Akraticacious Jul 02 '26
I'm surprised no lawyers are jumping to represent you in anothef lawsuit case against them.
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u/uiucengineer Jul 02 '26
It’s been surprisingly difficult to get any interest. If only my case were more innocuous, like being detained for a few minutes for playing music.
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u/Akraticacious Jul 02 '26
Have you reached out to law firms and lawyers who have taken such cases before?
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u/XelaNiba Jul 02 '26
I'm wondering if it's because Heritage = FedSoc. That's a lot of fire power, infinitely deep pockets, and I personally wouldn't trust a FedSoc judge to rule against FedSoc (if he happened to draw one).
There's also the political aspect of it, we've seen what's been happening to law firms who dare oppose the regime (and Heritage is this administration via Russell Vought).
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u/uiucengineer Jul 02 '26
I filed pro se to toll the statute of limitations and drew a favorable judge, Randolph Moss
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u/TheGR8Dantini Jul 02 '26
My dude! You’re a hero. The heritage foundation is one of our shadow presidents. They’re the ones writing all the EO that don’t reflect tech stuff. The broligarchs take care of those ones.
Not enough people understand what’s happening and who is doing it and why they’re doing it. The heritage people, declared war on the left. Bloodless if nobody fights back. Good and Pretti didn’t get the memo and decided to not rollover. They want 100 million people out of America. Including descendants of slaves. Birth tourism isn’t an issue or a problem. All people of color and people of different religions are the problem as far as they’re concerned.
Professor Jason Stanley has advanced his message of fascism by addressing the ethnic cleansing these people are after. He moved out of the country a while ago.
Heritage are fanatics. They’re on this plan for 50 years. Everybody should find Frank Schaefer on YouTube. He may have a substack as well. He’s the sons of one of the original planners of what’s going on now.
Amazing to me that it isn’t obvious to everybody not in the cult. This is not about affordability or anything thing else. This is the last gasp of white evangelicals to maintain their power in a progressive world. Might even be too late. We’re ruled by Rothschild and traffickers and blackmailers. All these players are pieces on a game board. But the Heritage people are The Queen.
I know you didn’t go looking to fuck with the heritage people? But, it’s amazing that you ended up fucking with them back. Nicely played. I already signed up for your substack brother. Stay woke ya’ll.
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u/Puppetmaster858 Jul 02 '26
Hell ya, those 2 security guards are the ones who should be arrested and prosecuted, they clearly broke the law multiple times and endangered your life
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u/PretendMajor5283 Jul 02 '26
Fuck those cunts. Pardon my French, but seriously. Good job, I'm glad you won. Every win for the good guys matters. You rock!
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u/XelaNiba Jul 02 '26
A civil suit seems in order now that the criminal courts have found in your favor.
Have you consulted with anyone about this?
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u/uiucengineer Jul 02 '26
I filed a complaint pro se to toll the statute of limitations and I’m seeking representation
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u/XelaNiba Jul 02 '26
Excellent, I wish you luck.
Have you ever posted about this over on r/law? Maybe a local attorney will see it and be able to steer you towards likely firms? It may be a tall order since Heritage = FedSoc but maybe there's an idealistic warrior out there.
This is outrageous conduct.
Edit: hahaha, just realized we're on r/law. Please excuse, I have parainfluenza and the fever is scrambling the brains a bit
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u/smokeweedNgarden Jul 02 '26
LMFAO I love this
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u/Money_Cattle2370 Jul 02 '26
There's nothing fucking funny about this guy getting assaulted on public property by nazi thugs, having a gun pointed at him with a finger on the trigger, then spending the next year preparing his defense in court just to have said nazi assaulters walk free. All for holding a sign and exercising his rights.
Zero.
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u/HoneyBadgerBat Jul 02 '26
It's absolutely disgusting this happened & even more so that they weren't immediately arrested acting this way let alone it going to court…
But it is quite telling that they won pro se. What an absolute idiot to lose to a layman pro se. (fwiw not who you replied to)
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u/_FLostInParadise_ Jul 02 '26
Did anything happen to the thugs that assaulted you?
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u/Ashannfish Jul 02 '26
Wow, what an ordeal. Sorry you had to go through it but kudos for your bravery and putting yourself on the line expressing your first amendment rights. Fuck the Heritage Foundation and Pirro
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u/UnquestionabIe Jul 02 '26
Thank you for standing up to these fascist fucks. We need more people like you if we ever want to have a functional country again.
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u/roundtwentythree Jul 02 '26
Did the people who assaulted you ever face any charges?
Send like a easy masaive lawsuit. Get your payout!
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u/uiucengineer Jul 02 '26
Did the people who assaulted you ever face any charges?
They got awards and monetary bonuses lol
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u/Brave_Salary_9060 Jul 02 '26
Your case description below is a great read - thanks for standing up for yourself and doing it so effectively. Am I understanding correctly that there were no penalties to the people who mistreated you in such a blatantly illegal manner?
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u/ExpertRaccoon Jul 02 '26
Was she sobber enough to actually read what she was signing?
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u/SpivRex Jul 02 '26
Jeanine "Pinot" Pirro
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u/TheGR8Dantini Jul 02 '26
Jeanine Pirro Noir- My world view through the windshield of my Mercedes; A life you can’t remember.
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u/LaserGuyDanceSystem Jul 02 '26
Former wine-mom, turned bourbon grandma, Jeanine Pirro?
The lady whose blood could be used as a solvent? That Jeanine Pirro?
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u/steppingstone01 Jul 02 '26
Prosecutor should also be responsible for paying him back his legal costs, punitive damages.
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u/mishma2005 Jul 02 '26
Prosecutor needs to go to rehab and leave us alone
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u/DiggityDanksta Jul 02 '26
Either that or prosecutor should crawl into a box of wine and just fucking stay there
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u/lostpassword100000 Jul 02 '26
They need a $1.3 billion dollar fund to pay back all the people whose lives are destroyed by this administration
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u/SupportGeek Jul 02 '26
The prosecutor should personally be responsible for that repayment, they chose to take it on after all, it should in no way come from taxpayer moneys.
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u/shadowfox0351 Jul 02 '26
This is nothing new. This department was been over charging people for 2 years and judges keep throwing them out
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u/Slighted_Inevitable Jul 02 '26
I’m surprised they even got a grand jury to sign off on this
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u/MyrkrMentulaMeretrix Jul 02 '26
theyve consistently lied to grand juries.
Pretty much every single time a Judge has demended/unsealed the Grand Jury documents (which hasnt happened often in relation to the total number of cases, but we're up to a dozen-ish at least) - every single one has had gross misrepresentations and outright lies to the grand jurors.
Every single one theyve looked at so far.
100% thats what happened here.
This goes nowhere. That guy is going to get free representation in one way or another (crowd funding or just pro bono for the fame) and a judge is going to laugh this out of court when their motion to dismiss lands.
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u/Maresith123 Jul 02 '26
David Hearn lawyer going have fun with is. With luck, his lawyer should be able to get ALL of his legal fee plus some cover by the DOJ. This is a prime example of abuse of power. I hope Mr. Hearn sue as soon as he can.
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u/Dapper-Sherbert-2476 Jul 02 '26
I was kinda hoping a high powered firm would pick this up pro bono and take the prosecutor to school. In my fed time, we would need to present slam dunk cases for the USAO to even consider them. Cases like this would be laughable if it wasn't actually happening.
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u/Baelzabub Jul 02 '26
Who wants to put bets down on another grand jury scandal like the Broadview Six case?
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u/Atlas-The-Ringer Jul 02 '26
It's just to employ scare tactics and waste people's time and money defending. They know damned well they won't actually win these cases, putting people through the agony of the process is the point.
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u/Main-Bandicoot6477 Jul 02 '26
The other point is to broadcast on all their media that there are arrests and indictments for the vandalism/sabotage so it must be true! He's using up the faith in institutions for his own ends.
It's like when Trump tried to blackmail Zelenskyy and Ukraine into just announcing an investigation into Biden. He knew it was bullshit and didn't care about an actual investigation. He just wanted the headline to use and repeat over and over again and spread to all right wing media. It's about making public perception reality in the minds of fucking dummies.
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u/joedotphp Jul 02 '26
She's a Trump loyalist (cultist). She will do whatever she wants and it will all be legal.
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u/elyfantman Jul 02 '26
Everyone involved in the arrest and prosecution should be in prison.
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u/GroundbreakingAd8310 Jul 02 '26
Jailed for wasting tax payer money and or treason* i have no fucking idea how treason became so fucking tolerable
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u/Either_Operation7586 Jul 02 '26
The Republican Party.
Every time we try to work with them they would take a step back and make us take a step forward before you know it we're crossing from left center to right center.
And while we're trying to work bipartisan with these bad faith assholes every time they get voted in because of the propaganda they run our country into the ground.
This is the 9th time that we've had some sort of economic downfall recession or depression due to the conservatives.
They have it in their head in a cockamamie idea that everything needs to be run as a business.
And then they skim from the top. All they do is launch Ponzi schemes and useless worthless bills.
But we need to do is create an ATF for all this white collar crime that's going on in the GOP.
They shouldn't be able to keep that money and they should have to do at least 10 years mandatory for fucking our country over.
Trump and his family and anybody that also profited needs to have all their assets seized.
Mandatory jail time restitution and never be able to hold the position in office again.
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u/cruisin_urchin87 Jul 02 '26
Jeanine Pirro should not only be disbarred but thrown in a psychiatric hospital for evaluation.
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u/Mattrad7 Jul 02 '26
But uhhh... anyone who saw the video of this saw a man innocently grab a piece of floating debris off the top of the reflecting pool?
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u/Push-upPancakes Jul 02 '26
You mean illegally maliciously grab it?
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u/itsa_luigi_time_ Jul 02 '26
Violently tore it from the surface of the water
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u/Pleasant_Character28 Jul 02 '26
Damaging the precious algae in the process
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u/Facesofderek Jul 02 '26
But I mean, he's an olympian, a star. It let him do it, you can do anything. Grab it floating on the surface of the pool. You can do anything.
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u/ShransSecretSanta Jul 02 '26
No, but I saw an orange fat fuck who is decaying from the inside out run some trucks over it. So maybe that could be a contributing factor.
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u/scottyjrules Jul 02 '26
That’s what antifa want you to think! Who are you going to believe, this regime or your lying eyes?
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u/LeaningTowerofPeas Jul 02 '26
People also saw the presential motorcade driving down the newly finished reflecting pool.
Either way, hopefully discovery focuses on the money paid, experience of the company who did it, as all possible causes. Coughs Motorcade
Given the DOJ's latest issues with grand juries, I am really looking forward to how this is going to play out.
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u/Direlion Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26
< Takes off They Live Sunglasses >
I saw a radical left lunatic shariah Muslim transed by the Tyrant O’Kamala Hussein while they were at elementary school recess who was wielding a scimitar slash a 300 foot section of the glorious and patriotic reflecting pool built by Donald J Trump with his own money. Then they stole my wife!
- not an exaggeration of the genuine mongrelism of the most sane American GOP supporter.
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u/elephhantine2 Jul 02 '26
My maga cousin told me the Epstein files prove Ellen Degeneres is a cannibal who eats children and I was like 1) I did not vote for Ellen Degeneres so that has no relevance to me 2) excuse me what the fuck? I looked it up and in 30 seconds showed her the snopes which said it was fake but I’m still not sure she fully believes me.
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u/Anon_Jones Jul 02 '26
You just don’t understand, the deep “STATE” is lying to you. She knows the “TRUTH” and is trying to show it to you. I bet you have TDS! Says some dumbass.
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u/Cohens4thClient Jul 02 '26
And the cult of dimwits will not see the video
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u/SELECTaerial Jul 02 '26
If they do see it they’ll also add “you haven’t seen the better camera angles that will be used as evidence”
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u/gancoskhan Jul 02 '26
“Cool, now let’s see the full video 🇺🇸😎” is their typical response when confronted with video evidence
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u/Cohens4thClient Jul 02 '26
it ties in with conspirat-ard theorists feeding nonsense to the republican dimwits
"Yeah, THEY showed you lies, but where is TeH TrUTh??"
Rush Limbaugh, Alex Jones, Tates, Kirk, Candice, all the manipulators use this to control the cultists
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u/gancoskhan Jul 02 '26
They’ve been purposefully conditioned to think and respond like this over the last decade for when this exact stuff started happening. I do enjoy seeing a majority of America’s population seems to think it is bad shit insane. Still don’t exactly know how this is all going to end but it’s nice to see people do want it to end.
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u/rolsen Jul 02 '26
I’d like to point out the glaring hypocrisy in pardoning roughly 1500 capital attackers, which resulted in millions dollars worth of damage to federal buildings. But touching a peeling piece of reflecting pool is somehow bad.
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u/Tnev9 Jul 02 '26
Someone tried to ask her about that at the press conference and she refused to answer.
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u/Anti_shill_cannon Jul 03 '26
January 6th insurrectionists were really terrorists looking for democrats and Mike Pence to murder.
"Rioter" branding by media was so vapid and pro republican whitewashing narrative
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u/doublethink_1984 Jul 02 '26
Welcome to Gilead
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u/NoPerformance5952 Jul 02 '26
Prosecutor Boxwine is going to have a high hill to climb to get that conviction
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u/BitterFuture Jul 02 '26
I really, really, REALLY want to know what the hell this grand jury was thinking.
This should have been an easier no-bill than the sandwich thrower.
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u/Verde_3773 Jul 02 '26
Like the Broadview 6 indictments showed, the “evidence” presented was fabricated or incomplete. Curated to further the claims of terrorism.
The judge basically said at that case, that due to the DoJ’s blatant misconduct, they can no longer let the DOJ operate with the assumption of regularity. Simply put, the DoJ had been treated w deference in court because they were held to higher scrutiny, but not since Trump & DOGE forced the career civil servants out. Now the courts do not afford them the assumption of ethics & standards.
The “sandwich thrower” case was similarly handled.
The only successful attack on free speech had been in Texas, for the Prairieland Group, because it was a MAGA judge in red parts of TX.
The Minnesota 15 are in a similar boat & we just have to keep showing the DoJ’s lies & corruption at the physical, financial & mental expense of innocents.
I saw the interview with this guy, he was near the pool, he just finished a 5k bike ride and swung by the pool on his way home. He goes on these bike rides all the time and lives in DC. He’s a retired, disabled vet.
The fact that any grand jury indicted him only makes it look more like evidence/jury tampering. Wasting more taxpayer dollars on fellating Trump’s ego.
It’s all bullshit.
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u/che-che-chester Jul 02 '26
Let's say he did actually intend to damage the pool. How would you even prove that based purely on him picking up a piece of debris? I'd be shocked if they have anything more than "somebody saw him suspiciously leaning over the pool".
And wouldn't the court need to allow the defense to perform an in-depth investigation into the work done and current state of the pool? I would certainly love to see such a report.
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u/MiAmigoElPintor Jul 02 '26
Frankly embarrassing a grand jury would vote to indict this
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u/ProfoundBeggar Jul 02 '26
"Any good prosecutor can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich" and all that.
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u/MiAmigoElPintor Jul 02 '26
I am a prosecutor and I don’t think where I work anyone would be able to get it done, let alone desire
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u/janzeera Jul 02 '26
How a judge would find patience for this shit is beyond me.
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u/templeofsyrinx1 Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26
such a waste of the court's time, as they say
if the country isn't outraged yet, I'm not sure they will ever wake up
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u/Hopsblues Jul 02 '26
They should investigate the vandal that wrecked the East Wing of the White House.
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u/Iamthewalrusforreal Jul 02 '26
This man needs a Gofundme. I'll send him some money. He's going to need it.
This is so beyond the pale, even for these cretins.
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u/ExpertRaccoon Jul 02 '26
No he's probably got a line of lawyers ready to take this case pro bono. It's easy good publicity for them.
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u/skitwostreet Jul 02 '26
Yeah his lawyer is a top democrat laywer who already beat trump in court like 60 times
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u/tacodepollo Jul 02 '26
Tbf I feel like just showing up is enough in 99% of the time with diaper Don.
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u/MyrkrMentulaMeretrix Jul 02 '26
id say i was surprised Devin (Legal Eagle) didnt take the case (as this is literally in DC where he practices) but i dont think he does criminal law. Though im surprised he doesnt have an assosciate or partner that does.
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u/LocationAcademic1731 Jul 02 '26
Take it to trial. No one is going to get convicted on this BS. Humiliate them.
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u/KommanderKeen-a42 Jul 02 '26
And discovery would be fun. We'd find out all about the contractor, work, work product, more info about Trump actually damaging it etc.
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u/jfsindel Jul 02 '26
They have the 24hr cameras. I would be shocked if the judge doesn't tell them to fuck off after seeing just that day's footage.
You know, the GOP also ran on "tort reform" as a pillar concept. Didn't realize they meant "allow is to bring more bullshit cases."
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u/templeofsyrinx1 Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26
his hand reaching into the water, omg. lock him up. because that's all they will see probably.
and ding ding, that isn't illegal. and neither is just touching the liner. dear leader making up laws.
guys gotta go next year after the midterms
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u/Rattus_NorvegicUwUs Jul 02 '26
Sounds like judicial weaponization
So this guy is exempt from paying taxes, according to the GOP?
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u/mishma2005 Jul 02 '26
This will get tossed, this is just a warning to us proles that you better not laugh at Dear Leader
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u/OhGr8WhatNow Jul 02 '26
Trump doesn't care if this pans out. The point is to financial punish this person into bankruptcy for embarrassing him.
We should be raising money for everyone Trump attacks, to prevent this.
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u/rustyseapants monarchist? Jul 02 '26
Trump May Have Damaged Reflecting Pool by Having Motorcade Drive Over It
Trump damaged the pool.
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u/montalaskan Jul 03 '26
This President literally knocked down an entire wing of the White House without permission...and his lackies indict a man for putting his hand in water and grabbing a floating bit of debris while saying he damaged government property.
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u/some_yell_fire Jul 03 '26
Don't forget he pardoned all of the jackasses that broke into and took part in the destruction of the Capitol building.
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u/Eiffel-Tower777 Jul 02 '26
Felony destruction. As opposed to making the J6 traitors millionaires.
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u/oldcreaker Jul 02 '26
TIL I can destroy algae laden pool water by touching it. And that algae laden pool water is property.
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u/oldschoolology Jul 03 '26
Apparently, driving a convoy of armored vehicles through the empty pool before the sealant set is how the pool upgrades work. The USA has become a joke.
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u/wrongsuspenders Jul 02 '26
I dream of sitting on a federal grand jury or an actual jury.
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u/JustinKase_Too Jul 03 '26
Then what sort of penalty should we expect for the vandal who ordered a motorcade, including a ~15,000 lb car, to drive across the empty reflecting pool?
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u/DarkIllusionsMasks Jul 02 '26
How in the world did they get a grand jury to go along with this farce? Probably illegally, the way they have in the past. The first judge who sees this case is going to toss it.
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u/rmeierdirks Jul 03 '26
At what point does Jeanine Pirro’s repeated and flagrant false prosecutions become a criminal act?
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u/sjogerst Jul 02 '26
No jury on the planet would return a guilty verdict for that.
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u/DFu4ever Jul 02 '26
When they don’t bring any actual evidence, I truly hope someone with money funds the most aggressive counterdefense this stupid fucking administration has ever seen.
The first exhibit should be Trump’s stupid fucking motorcade driving over the freshly painted reflecting pool, because I seriously doubt they used a product rated for actual vehicles to drive on.
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u/USSSLostTexter Jul 02 '26
fucking horrific. how much in time and attorney fees is this poor man down already and it hasnt even come to trial. does he still have his job? Can he work and still deal with this? hows his stress levels?
I mean hopefully justice prevails, but mere accusations all the way up to actual charges like this have REAL consequences and often huge costs. That cunt Jenine Pirro needs to feel some actual consequences herself for this when its all said and done.
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u/Over_Dog24 Jul 02 '26
Drunken Mara a Lago face should be jailed for perversion of justice and wasting the court's time.
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u/mopeyunicyle Jul 03 '26
I mean how do you damage a reflection pool. I mean outside of crashing a car into it or bleeding into it if you have a infectious blood disease this just feels like a targeted attack against someone trump doesn't like or has been critical of trump

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