Evening Sky 8-21-26

Justice Department Drops Case After Admitting It Knew Pool Damage Wasn’t Vandalism. Here’s what should alarm you about this story. It’s not just that the government got it wrong. It’s that they charged a man with a crime while sitting on evidence that proved he didn’t commit it.

The facts are straightforward enough. David Hearn, a former Olympic canoeist, visited the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 19. Federal prosecutors under Jeanine Pirro’s leadership brought charges. They painted him as a vandal who damaged a national monument. Except there’s one problem with that narrative. The pool was already falling apart.

A National Park Service engineer sent an email on June 11, eight days before Hearn’s visit, explaining that the pool’s liner was peeling. The top layer had begun separating because of overspray from the renovation work. The contractor had used polyurea on the perimeter joint, and the stuff was flaking off in strips one to two feet wide.

This wasn’t speculation or hindsight. This was documented fact, shared with Interior Department officials and park service personnel before Hearn ever showed up. [Americanconservatives.com]

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