Trump Accuses Pirro of 'Folding' After Dropping Reflecting Pool Case
Is Trump right to be disappointed or did Pirro have no choice but to withdraw?
Above: Jeanine Pirro, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, during a press conference in Washington, DC, on July 2. Image credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-Trump narrative
Trump is right to be disappointed with Pirro as National Park Service employees watched Hearn "forcefully and violently" pull the Reflecting Pool liner with both hands, damaging roughly two square feet. There is more than evidence to convict him and those that damage national monuments deserve to be prosecuted with the full strength of the law.
Anti-Trump narrative
Trump desperately wanted to bring these charges. But unfortunately for him, a court of law requires actual evidence to meet the burden of proof, which is why Pirro had no choice but to withdraw.
