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U.S. DOJ Denies Lincoln Pool Sabotage
A report by The Washington Post revealed that the U.S. Department of Justice has decided to drop the criminal charges against former Olympic athlete David Hearn, related to vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington. Documents showed that the damage to the pool resulted from unsuccessful and rushed installation work carried out by a contracting company at a cost exceeding $14 million, as part of a renovation and beautification project in the capital in preparation for the upcoming 250th anniversary celebrations of U.S. independence. The documents confirmed that the defects and cracks were present before Hearn’s arrival at the site, and that the damage extended to parts of the pool inaccessible to an ordinary vandal. Observers expressed that this case demonstrates the administration’s haste in sacrificing safety and quality for media coverage, amidst administrative errors that led to the pool’s deterioration and turning its water green. It is also believed that the fabricated charges may have been an attempt to cover up these mistakes.
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