U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro Meets Trump Over Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Case

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro met with President Donald Trump, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and counsel David Warrington at the White House to defend her decision to withdraw charges against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, who had been accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Pirro accused Interior Secretary Doug Burgum of misleading the president and promoting a self‑serving cover story about the damage, which prosecutors later said stemmed from faulty renovation work that pre‑dated the alleged sabotage.

Trump expressed disappointment, saying, “I was disappointed in Jeanine Pirro. Really disappointed in Jeanine Pirro,” and considered firing her, but Pirro retained her position for the time being. The meeting was described as tense, with Pirro raising her voice and defending her office’s actions while Burgum defended his department’s handling of the contractors involved in the pool’s renovation.