What's Next in Reflecting Pool Case That Is 'Far From Over'
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The decision by Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, to abandon prosecutions alleging vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has sparked tension within the Trump administration that could end her tenure.
The about-face also could provide an avenue for three-time Olympian David Hearn and other defendants to sue the government and press for sanctions against the prosecutors.
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