A former federal prosecutor dismissed U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s reported claim that a career staffer, not her, dropped the high-profile vandalism case against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn.
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According to new reporting, Pirro told President Donald Trump a subordinate in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia had acted alone. On CNN’s The Source, legal analyst Elie Honig said he wasn’t buying that excuse.
“There is no way on this earth, having been one of those career officials, that when your U.S. attorney calls a press conference like that, that’s covered on national news, you would then go and dismiss the case without looping in the U.S. attorney,” Honig said. “That’s a firable offense. So I do not buy that was done without her knowledge for one second.”
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The comments came as Trump publicly blasted Pirro in the Oval Office on Monday, saying he was “really disappointed,” that she “folded like an umbrella,” and that she “choked.” Pirro and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum were later seen arriving at the White House, causing many to speculate that she would be let go soon.
In early July, Pirro had announced a felony indictment against Hearn, 67, accusing him of “forcefully and violently” ripping sealant from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 19. Hearn pleaded not guilty, saying he only touched already-peeling liner during a bike ride.
On July 31 her office moved to dismiss the case, stating newly provided Interior Department documents showed the damage stemmed from a “flawed installation” by contractor Atlantic Industrial Coatings and a rushed timeline ahead of America 250 celebrations. Similar charges against three others were also dropped. The filing undercut the administration’s repeated claims that vandals had sabotaged the roughly $14–16 million no-bid renovation.
The reversal has left one of Trump’s closest legal allies publicly at odds with the president over a project that quickly developed peeling paint and algae after reopening.
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