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The ex-Olympian accused of damaging the reflecting pool tells NPR the experience has been "Orwellian" and "Kafkaesque." And it's not over yet: His lawyers are fighting to close the case permanently.
Earlier this month, however, federal prosecutors moved to dismiss the case, citing new information that the damage was caused by a "botched installation" by a contractor, not vandalism.
NPR – Politics The ex-Olympian accused of damaging the reflecting pool tells NPR the experience has been "Orwellian" and "Kafkaesque." And it's not over yet: His lawyers are fighting to close the case permanently.
Justice department is asked to weigh new charges against David Hearn after US attorney dropped vandalism charges The White House has asked the Department of Justice (DoJ) to weigh new charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, according to a person familiar with the matter, pushing to revive a case Donald Trump has fumed about ever since an ally dropped the case ci…
NPR – Politics The ex-Olympian accused of damaging the reflecting pool tells NPR the experience has been "Orwellian" and "Kafkaesque." And it's not over yet: His lawyers are fighting to close the case permanently.
NYTimes – US US President Donald Trump is in Ireland for a two-day trip mixing talks with politicians and business leaders with attendance at the Irish Open at his Doonbeg golf course. During meetings in Dublin with Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Trump said he would 'love' to see a unified Ireland and that 'it may as well happen now'. The visit follows a Republican rally in Dallas.
NYTimes – US Former CIA officer David J. Rush, accused of stealing more than $40 million in gold bars from the agency and hiding 303 bars in his Virginia basement, has reached a tentative plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Rush was fired after the FBI discovered the gold. The court filing did not specify the charges he could plead to.
BBC News – World Grammy-winning Chicago rapper Lil Durk, born Durk Banks, has been acquitted by a federal jury in Los Angeles of all charges in a murder-for-hire plot. He was arrested in 2024 and accused of involvement in a 2022 shooting that killed a cousin of rival rapper Quando Rondo. Prosecutors had alleged Durk put a bounty on another rapper in retaliation for a friend's killing.
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