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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Washington, D.C. has dropped all charges against individuals it had previously claimed engaged in acts of “vandalism” at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, despite President Donald Trump’s continued insistence — without evidence — that they were responsible for the damage.

The move comes just days after the office of U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro dropped charges against former Olympian David Hearn, who was among those accused of vandalizing the pool.

Pirro, a former Fox News personality and staunch Trump loyalist, faces the possibility of being fired by Trump for her office’s decisions.

Pirro’s office filed a motion ending its case against Hearn on Friday night, noting that evidence that he vandalized the pool was severely lacking. Rather, “the damage was the result of a botched installation,” the filing stated.

The filing referenced documents from the Interior Department. While the department had publicly backed Trump’s claims that vandals were to blame for the pool’s condition, Interior documents showed that the chipped blue paint had actually come loose as a result of work performed by the company Trump had hired to make repairs.

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“Given all of this newly discovered information, it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism,” the filing added.

Trump reacted negatively to the news of Pirro’s office dropping charges against Hearn.

“I disagree 100 percent with Jeanine Pirro, the U.S.........

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