Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro “was right to pull back” the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism charge against a former Olympian.
Host Kristen Welker said, “Let me ask you about another big topic this week, Senator. The Justice Department just this week dropped its charges against the Olympic canoeist that it accused of vandalizing the reflecting pool on the National Mall. The DOJ admitted that the damage was caused by a botched installation, not vandalism. This was a case that the DOJ had said was open and shut. They said they could prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. Does this reversal undercut the public statement in the Justice Department, Senator?”
