Justice Department moves to drop case against ex-Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool

https://apnews.com/article/reflecting-pool-damage-olympian-hearn-trump-21d997b5b55e6adf01862d7c5292476d

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Soulphite@reddthat.com · 27 pts · 16d

Because this whole entire everything is smoke and mirrors for the hottest album of this century....

NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social · 20 pts · 16d

“Its dismissal today does not erase the abuse of government power in arresting and charging a patriotic American who did nothing wrong. The government’s approach was ready, fire, aim. The administration owes Mr. Hearn an apology,” the lawyers said.

No they owe him a hefty amount of compensation. If they can pay a cartoon villain $15mil to poorly renovate the pool, they can compensate the guy they tried to jail for touching it.

santa@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 15d

They’ll find another way to charge them. It’s always another door with this administration.