January 1, Trump Demands Fresh Look at Case Involving ActBlue Operative

Wyatt’s Take

• President Trump is calling out his own U.S. Attorney for dropping felony charges against a Democratic mega-donor operative accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
• The suspect is tied to ActBlue, the massive left-wing fundraising machine, and is being defended by Trump-hating lawyer Norm Eisen
• New photos allegedly show clear vandalism, and Trump says there were witnesses who saw the damage being done with a knife

President Donald Trump isn’t backing down from his public disagreement with U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro over a vandalism case at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool that was quietly dropped last week.

On Friday, Trump took to Truth Social with new evidence he says proves the case should never have been dismissed. “Now that people are able to see it up close, they are reporting pure VANDALISM at The Reflecting Pool,” Trump wrote, sharing photos from a freelance photographer.

The president didn’t mince words about what the images show. “People were on their knees with their hands in the water at the exact location of the ‘slashes.’ Additionally, there were witnesses to the VANDALISM, and the flexible areas of the material were cut with a knife,” Trump said.

But Trump’s biggest grievance isn’t just about the vandalism itself. It’s about who was charged and who’s defending him.

“U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro should re-visit her hastily made decision, especially since it turned out that the ‘gentleman’ involved is a big player in ActBlue, a disgraceful fundraising SCAM, and is represented by a TRUMP DERANGED SLEAZEBAG, Political Hack Lawyer, Norm Eisen, and CREW, a group that uses ‘charity’ for political purposes which is, to the best of my knowledge, ILLEGAL!” Trump declared.

The case centers on former Olympian David Hearn, who was indicted on July 2 on one count of felony destruction of property. U.S. Park Police claimed Hearn grabbed and tugged at a loose section of the pool’s coating on June 19, even after a National Park Service employee told him to stop.

Officials initially said he caused more than $1,000 in damage. That’s the threshold for a felony charge.

But Pirro’s office dropped the case last Friday, claiming the Department of the Interior provided “barebones” reports and hid records showing the pool’s coating was already falling apart because of shoddy installation work.

“Had DOI been forthcoming with the information clearly in its possession, the government would not have sought a grand jury indictment,” prosecutors wrote in court filings.

According to the filing, it wasn’t until after the indictment that Interior turned over documents showing the damage was “the result of flawed installation by the contractor, Atlantic Industrial Coatings, and the rush to complete the project prior to events associated with the America 250 celebration in the weeks surrounding Independence Day 2026.”

The DOJ said the new evidence made it difficult to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Hearn caused the damage. Prosecutors asked the court to dismiss the indictment without prejudice, leaving the door open to bring charges again if more evidence surfaces.

Trump has been hammering Pirro all week over what he sees as a weak decision. Earlier this week, he accused her of choking under pressure from a judge and folding “like an umbrella.”

The day after the case was dropped, Trump wrote on Truth Social: “I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, on the Reflecting Pool. I don’t know what she was thinking?”

Hearn’s legal team wasted no time gloating over the dismissal.

“The Trump administration’s case against Davey Hearn should never have been brought,” attorneys Norm Eisen, Mary Dohrmann and Steve Levin said in a statement. “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.”

But Trump clearly isn’t buying it. His post Friday suggests he believes there’s enough evidence to bring the case back and that political pressure, not the facts, led to the dismissal.

Wyatt Matters

When you’re accused of vandalism at a national monument and your lawyer is a professional Trump-hater bankrolled by left-wing dark money groups, don’t be surprised when hardworking Americans smell a rat. Our memorials belong to the people, not political operatives looking for a photo op.