Trump says Jeanine Pirro ‘choked’ by dropping Reflecting Pool vandalism case

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The president also made claims about the Reflecting Pool that don’t hold water.

A U.S. National Park Service employee uses a vacuum pump to clean algae off the bottom of the newly repainted Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall

A National Park Service employee uses a vacuum pump to clean algae off the bottom of the newly repainted Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington on June 16.Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images file

Aug. 3, 2026, 5:01 PM EDT

By Gary Grumbach and Ryan J. Reilly

President Donald Trump on Monday said Jeanine Pirro “choked” by dropping the government’s case against an Olympic canoeist that the administration had previously accused of causing more than $1,000 worth of damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

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