President Donald Trump on Monday said D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro “folded” for dropping charges last week against those charged with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Pirro met with Trump at the White House on Monday amid questions about her future, sources familiar with the matter told FWRD AXIS News.
The meeting came after Trump said Pirro “choked” and “folded like an umbrella” for dropping the charges, with CNN reporting that the president is considering firing the former Fox News commentator from her post.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment about the meeting.
In an Oval Office event earlier Monday, Trump said he was “very disappointed” in Pirro’s decision to dismiss a felony indictment against three-time Olympian David Hearn last Friday. Pirro said in a 20-page filing that the damage was caused by “flawed installation by the contractor” and not vandalism as she and the president had claimed.
“The judge was extremely unfriendly to Jeanine. And frankly, I think she choked because the judge was really vicious. Instead of going after the people that did it, the judge went after her and went after her department, and I guess she choked,” Trump said.
Hearn was arrested at the Reflecting Pool in late June and charged with a felony for allegedly causing more than $1,000 in damage.
“I don’t know what she was thinking? To me, it was a pure case of VANDALISM,” Trump wrote at the time.
The president deflected when asked on Monday if he would consider removing Pirro.
“So now I’m not saying I was 100% thrilled with the contractor, but the contractor was rushing. We wanted to get it open for July 4th, and we got it done. But in addition, there was vandalism,” Trump said Monday.
Trump also alleged that Pirro assessed the damage in the immediate aftermath of the holiday, when strewn fireworks were “laying all over the pool.”
