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Judge Sets Early September Hearing After Dismissal of Charge

8/15/2026

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David Hearn Blocks

Attorneys for former Olympian David Hearn filed a motion to bar federal prosecutors from reviving a felony vandalism charge over the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Judge Todd Edelman dismissed the case after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said shoddy renovation caused the damage and set an early-September hearing on future prosecution.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) opened probes on Tuesday into U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and Doug Burgum.

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Atlantic Renovates Pool

Atlantic Industrial Coatings LLC of Virginia received the $14.7 million contract to renovate the 2,030-foot Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, with federal records showing the amount was paid.
President Donald Trump had initially projected a $1.5 million quick-turn project for Fourth of July.
The work added a dark-blue “American flag blue” sealant and nanobubbler technology, which began peeling immediately.
Installation lagged because of rain, wind, expansion-joint test failures and product delays.

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David Hearn Blocks

Attorneys for former Olympian David Hearn filed a motion to bar federal prosecutors from reviving a felony vandalism charge over the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Judge Todd Edelman dismissed the case after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said shoddy renovation caused the damage and set an early-September hearing on future prosecution.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) opened probes on Tuesday into U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and Doug Burgum.

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