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Former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn pleaded not guilty to damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in D.C. Superior Court Thursday morning.<\/p>

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Federal prosecutors charged Hearn with a single count of destruction of property causing more than $1,000 in damage to the pool.<\/p>

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Hearn has previously claimed, which his attorneys repeated during a short press conference outside the court, that he simply touched the water in the pool out of curiosity. <\/p>

The Trump Administration had just completed a $14 million renovation of the pool. <\/p>

But shortly after the work finished, peeling paint and algae gathered in the water. The remodel has been largely criticized as a massive failure and waste of taxpayer dollars.<\/p>

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Superior Court Judge Carmen McLean released Hearn on his own recognizance. His next hearing is scheduled for Aug. 5.<\/p>\n

Norm Eisen, one of Hearn’s attorneys, spoke to reporters outside of court following the hearing. He said the administration is using Hearn as a “scapegoat \u2026 for their own failures.”<\/p>

“It is not a crime to touch the reflecting pool, to touch water in the United States of America,” he said.<\/p>

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Prosecutors say there is a host of evidence against Hearn.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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