Federal prosecutors dropped charges against the three remaining defendants who were accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, multiple outlets reported on Monday night, despite President Donald Trump’s anger over the earlier decision to drop related criminal charges against former Olympian David Hearn.
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According to CBS News, prosecutors from U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro’s office filed to dismiss three misdemeanor charges against people accused of damaging the pool after Trump’s controversial renovation efforts.
Citing D.C. Superior Court filings, CBS reported that the three people, Justin Carreno, Sophie Dennison-Gibby, and Cameron Thiers, had been accused of destroying
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