Will David Hearn be convicted of vandalism? (Reflecting pool)

[rightwinger]

This year's Independence Day may be worst day in the life of the crazy liberal bigots.
The restored reflecting pool really pisses them off.

The fact that Trump botched the reflecting pool, tore down the East Wing of the White House and destroyed the grass on the Elipse will be visible to everyone who visits

 

[rightwinger]

Trump's GOP has a poor track record of getting people convicted with these trumped up political charges.

They don’t care if they get humiliated in court.

Trump uses his Justice Dept to harass his enemies, lock them up for a few hours, make them get a lawyer and appear in court

 

[postman]

They don’t care if they get humiliated in court.

Trump uses his Justice Dept to harass his enemies, lock them up for a few hours, make them get a lawyer and appear in court

Actually Trump doesn't care if his DOJ lawyers get humiliated in court.
But the lawyers are starting to get worried. That's why in so many cases Trump wanted to bring, they had DOJ lawyers quit, instead of prosecute the case.
That's because federal judges are seeing how unethical Trump's DOJ has become,

Federal judges are increasingly stripping the Justice Department (DOJ) of its traditional "presumption of regularity"—a longstanding legal doctrine that presumes government officials act in good faith and properly discharge their duties. This shift follows a wave of rulings where judges have blasted DOJ lawyers for misleading statements, withheld evidence, and shifting rationales

The good lawyers want to hold onto their reputations, and the law licenses, that prosecuting Trump's trumped up cases would put in jeopardy.

 

[Dante]

They don’t care if they get humiliated in court.

Trump uses his Justice Dept to harass his enemies, lock them up for a few hours, make them get a lawyer and appear in court

Tries to bankrupt people.

 

[Dante]

Actually Trump doesn't care if his DOJ lawyers get humiliated in court.
But the lawyers are starting to get worried. That's why in so many cases Trump wanted to bring, they had DOJ lawyers quit, instead of prosecute the case.
That's because federal judges are seeing how unethical Trump's DOJ has become,

Federal judges are increasingly stripping the Justice Department (DOJ) of its traditional "presumption of regularity"—a longstanding legal doctrine that presumes government officials act in good faith and properly discharge their duties. This shift follows a wave of rulings where judges have blasted DOJ lawyers for misleading statements, withheld evidence, and shifting rationales

The good lawyers want to hold onto their reputations, and the law licenses, that prosecuting Trump's trumped up cases would put in jeopardy.

Some will be facing repercussions after Trump and his minions are out of power.

 

[Dante]

The restored reflecting pool...

wtf

 

[riseabovethis]

This will be laughed out of court

But Trump has to cover his ass

I'm saying put a pin in that thought.

An enterprising legal defense fund (i.e. anti-Trump PAC) could finance a court case.

It's way better to actually let this go to trial (where the DOJ will lose anyways) but on the road there the defense would have this thing call "discovery". Meaning as part of their defense they:

• Could show the shoddy workmanship,
• Get details of the no bid contract,
• Get discovery corresondence (documents, emails, texts, etc.) on how the no bid contract was awarded initially,
• Get discovery corresondence (documents, emails, texts, etc.) on how the no bid contract ballooned by a factor of 10 (from $1.4 million to cover $14 million with a 20% profit guarentee)
• Etc.

WW

That is funny as hell. Yes discovery is what is going to kill it for anyone charged.

 

[riseabovethis]

This year's Independence Day may be worst day in the life of the crazy liberal bigots.
The restored reflecting pool really pisses them off.

Yep he spent $16 million to paint the pool a fake color, American Flag Blue which is the same color blue as any other swimming pool I've seen. Now it's colored Trump Puke Green.

$16 million well spent.

 

[rightwinger]

Yep he spent $16 million to paint the pool a fake color, American Flag Blue which is the same color blue as any other swimming pool I've seen. Now it's colored Trump Puke Green.

$16 million well spent.

Normally, the Contractor who did the job would be responsible for fixing it.

But Trump saved his buddy by declaring it vandalism without any evidence.

So the taxpayer will pay another 16 million to fix it

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

The Left Wingers hate our country.

 

[Rawley]

Trump says it, so the (remaining) flock will believe it.

No one else will, of course.

So you believe Heard, whose defense is 'I was just reaching into the waters of the Reflecting Pool to see what it felt like.' He doesn't know what water feels like?

 

[riseabovethis]

Were you in a coma during your Vegetable Messiah’s reign of senility?






..

That's it!!! Why are you even talking?

By making that statement you admitted you have nothing intelligent to say about the topic.

Whining about Biden is what a little kid would do Junior.

 

[Rawley]

In the past the DOJ was about arresting and prosecuting criminals.

Not anymore, the DOJ is about "investigating", harrassing, making people pay for attorneys, jumping through legal hoops. That is the punishment.

WW

LOL Were you in a coma during your Vegetable Messiah’s reign of lawfare?

(tip of the hat to Nostra)

 

[Dekster]

Who will win this one? Conservatives are saying that David Hearn damaged the reflecting poor .

Liberals are saying that Donald Trump is just so embarrassed that his reflecting pool is crumbling, that he accused an innocent man, to save face:

Attorney for former Olympian accused of Reflecting Pool vandalism: Not a crime to ‘touch water’

The former U.S. Olympian arrested on misdemeanor charges for allegedly vandalizing the newly revamped Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool said he was “never read” his Miranda rights after his arrest a…

thehill.com

IDK. For as long as I can recall it has been illegal to actually enter the reflecting pool's water. Whether or not sticking your hand in it is entering I guess will be up to the judge. BTW that thing has always been nasty nasty nasty. Repainting the lining can't fix the natural funk of it. Obama letting them connect it to the tidal basin to circulate in "fresh water" didn't do it any favors either.

 

[riseabovethis]

They don’t care if they get humiliated in court.

Trump uses his Justice Dept to harass his enemies, lock them up for a few hours, make them get a lawyer and appear in court

OF course they don't care about being humiliated because they're spending taxpayer money.

 

[WorldWatcher]

So you believe Heard, whose defense is 'I was just reaching into the waters of the Reflecting Pool to see what it felt like.' He doesn't know what water feels like?

He wasn't talking about "feeling" the water, it was the huge chunks of flaks of the sealant material that had come lose.

WW

 

[Rawley]

He wasn't talking about "feeling" the water, it was the huge chunks of flaks of the sealant material that had come lose.

WW

Not what his attorney said.

David Hearn, 67, on Monday denied allegations that he damaged government property by reaching into the waters of the Reflecting Pool to see what it felt like. His attorney also argued that federal authorities have no legal basis for the two misdemeanor citations issued after his arrest.


“There’s no basis for this. We’re going to contest it vigorously,” said Hearn’s attorney, Norm Eisen, who sat alongside him in an interview on MS NOW. “It’s not a federal crime to touch water.”

 

[rightwinger]

He wasn't talking about "feeling" the water, it was the huge chunks of flaks of the sealant material that had come lose.

WW

Trump is sending a message not to take souvenirs of his humiliating pool renovation

 

[riseabovethis]

Normally, the Contractor who did the job would be responsible for fixing it.

But Trump saved his buddy by declaring it vandalism without any evidence.

So the taxpayer will pay another 16 million to fix it

He declared it but can't prove it. He said there would be pictures, none yet. Then he said they'll show up in court, not likely. What he didn't mention was video. He said someone slashed a 350 foot long cut at night. That place probably has some surveillance cameras and they won't show someone walking through the pool that long.

Now if someone walked through that pool you would think that one of the security forces would have noticed. There's nothing in the news about an investigation into how the security people let this happen because it didnt' happen.

 

[riseabovethis]

The Left Wingers hate our country.

Explain how you know this otherwise admit you're talking stupid