White House drops charges against former Olympian accused of vandalising Reflecting Pool after new evidence emerges

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has dropped charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalising the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.The iconic Washington landmark underwent a $16million renovation, led by Donald Trump and coinciding with the US's 250th anniversary.But the restoration project was troubled, ballooning from its initial $2.1million budget after facing algae blooms and pieces of the pool's new "American flag blue" seemingly peeling off its bottom.David Hearn, a former Olympic canoeist, was one of several Americans accused of vandalising the pool - but now the US has dropped the charges after receiving new documents from the US Department of the Interior (DOI) about the pool's damage. TRENDING Stories Videos Your...

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