Trump calls for Pirro to reopen Reflecting Pool prosecutions with new allegations

Published August 7, 2026 8:08pm ET



President Donald Trump on Friday publicly called for U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro, to reopen prosecutions of alleged vandals at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

After Pirro’s 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.

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