President Donald Trump urged U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro on Friday to reconsider her decision to drop a case of alleged vandalism to the newly refurbished Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Trump said in a Truth Social post that Pirro’s decision was “hastily made” and referenced freelance photographer Andrew Leyden’s photos of the national monument that appeared to show large cuts on the side of the Reflecting Pool’s liner, which was previously blocked by fencing.
Court documents showed that the damage was thought to be a result of a flawed $14.7 million installation by the contractor, Atlantic Industrial Coatings.
Trump maintained that he believed it to be the work of vandals….