Olympian Indicted for Alleged Vandalism of Reflecting Pool

Friday, July 03, 2026

Olympian David Hearn, who faces a felony charge, has denied doing any damage to the pool. Hearn has publicly stated that he had heard about the problems with the iconic DC reflecting pool and went by to check it out while on a 50-mile bike ride. He said he saw stuff floating in the pool and touched it but did not rip or damage anything.

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"In a press conference announcing the charges Thursday, US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said [David] Hearn 'forcefully and violently' pulled up the lining, damaging '2-square-feet of sealant.'" The surface area of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool is approximately 338,000 square feet.

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Absurd insanity.

#1 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-07-03 07:42 AM | Reply

Absurd insanity.

#1 | Posted by Angrydad

Donald needs someone to blame for his screw-up. This guy is apparently it.

I can easily imagine myself and any number of people touching the peeling paint out of ordinary curiosity.

Trump wants to send this man to ten years prison for engaging in ordinary behavior.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-07-03 08:05 AM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 2

High powered vacuums in the tips of his fingers and a retracting knife like appendage comprised of dark matter were used in the crime.

#3 | Posted by Scotty at 2026-07-03 11:31 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

More taxpayer dollars wasted.

How are these frivolous lawsuits not considered fraud waste and abuse?

#4 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-03 11:38 AM | Reply

When asked what made this a felony, Pirro said that Heran used TWO HANDS.

OCU

#5 | Posted by OCUser at 2026-07-03 11:58 AM | Reply

It should be laughable that Pirro/Trump insisted on seeking an indictment, but there's nothing funny about a dictatorship desperate to shift the blame for its incompetence. Hearn should sue for wrongful arrest.

#6 | Posted by cbob at 2026-07-03 12:28 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Even if he did pull up 2 square feet of the already loose paint on this enormous pool, which I highly doubt, it's an obscene abuse of power to charge him with a crime.

#7 | Posted by cbob at 2026-07-03 12:33 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Hearn should sue for wrongful arrest.

#6 | Posted by cbob

He should and he will.

#8 | Posted by Zed at 2026-07-03 12:34 PM | Reply

Far better, for this bloated pre-corpse, to bankrupt and ruin an innocent than admit incompetence.
Just another day in Amerikkka.

#9 | Posted by morris at 2026-07-03 01:25 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

maybe just don't fucc with it at all? too much to ask?

#10 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-07-03 01:42 PM | Reply

maybe just don't fucc with it at all? too much to ask?
#10 | POSTED BY JOHN_SAVAGE2

You addressing Trump?

Seems like if that fat tub of shit had left it alone, we wouldn't be in this mess.

#11 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-03 01:49 PM | Reply

It's really not a hard sell to imagine these anti fa freaks spoiling everything they can reach, since we've seen it happening for several years now.

leftist utopia- thieves and junkies everywhere, broken and burned buildings.
What's the point in all the destruction?

#12 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-07-03 01:52 PM | Reply

#11 | Posted by Clown Hack
Nice wifebeater logic there.

#13 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-07-03 01:58 PM | Reply

It's really not a hard sell to imagine ...

You deplorable Trumping MAGAts really do love your alternative reality.

Hey. In this imaginary universe, are you more intelligent than you are in reality?

Because, you really are the poorly educated Trump loves so much.

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-03 02:02 PM | Reply

@#11 ... You addressing Trump? ...

Looks that way.

Pres Trump messed up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

Pres Trump messed up the free and unfettered passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

The list could go on and on ...

#15 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-03 02:02 PM | Reply

Nice wifebeater logic there.
#13 | POSTED BY JOHN_SAVAGE2

Well, you are a wife beater, I'm just explaining reality to you.

#16 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-03 02:03 PM | Reply

He deserves 10 years in the same hell hole that Biden locked the Jan 6 patriots in.

#17 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-07-03 02:12 PM | Reply

He deserves 10 years in the same hell hole that Biden locked the Jan 6 patriots in.
#17 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

Trump deserves way more than ten years.

But. We can start with ten.

Agreed.

#18 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-03 02:14 PM | Reply