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President Trump’s Department of Justice walked away from the case against David \u201cDavey\u201d Hearn.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors charged Hearn with vandalism in relation to peeling paint in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The charges have since been dismissed.<\/p>\n

But President Trump can’t let the case go .<\/p>\n

Trump continues to insist it was so-called vandalism that led to peeling paint and blooming algae on the National Mall reflecting pool \u2013 not a botched repair project as prosecutors ultimately concluded.<\/p>\n

What’s it like to have the President beat the drum for your arrest?<\/p>\n

This episode was produced by Jason Fuller and Linah Mohammad, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane. Our director is Kai McNamee.<\/p>\n

Our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning who also edited today\u2019s episode along with Patrick Jarenwattanon.<\/p>\n

For tickets to a live taping of , NPR\u2019s national security podcast, visit this link on or after Tuesday, August 11: npr.org\/sourcesliveshow<\/p>\n

Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show\u2019s perks include bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.<\/p>\n

Read more Mike Lindell touts Trump ties in race for governor of Minnesota, where Trump has lost<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Trump’s Department of Justice walked away from the case against David \u201cDavey\u201d Hearn.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors charged Hearn with vandalism in relation to peeling paint in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The charges have since been dismissed.<\/p>\n

But President Trump can’t let the case go .<\/p>\n

Trump continues to insist it was so-called vandalism that led to peeling paint and blooming algae on the National Mall reflecting pool \u2013 not a botched repair project as prosecutors ultimately concluded.<\/p>\n

What’s it like to have the President beat the drum for your arrest?<\/p>\n

This episode was produced by Jason Fuller and Linah Mohammad, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane. Our director is Kai McNamee.<\/p>\n

Our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning who also edited today\u2019s episode along with Patrick Jarenwattanon.<\/p>\n

For tickets to a live taping of Sources & Methods<\/em>, NPR\u2019s national security podcast, visit this link on or after Tuesday, August 11: npr.org\/sourcesliveshow<\/a><\/p>\n

Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show\u2019s perks include bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consider-this-from-npr"],"yoast_head":"\nPeeling paint, the reflecting pool and the case Trump can't let go - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=7892\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Peeling paint, the reflecting pool and the case Trump can't let go - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Trump's Department of Justice walked away from the case against David \u201cDavey\u201d Hearn.Prosecutors charged Hearn with vandalism in relation to peeling paint in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. 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