Reflecting Pool damaged before Olympian charged with felony touched it, witness says

By: Jennifer Shutt

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: July 28, 2026

Words: 570

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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WASHINGTON — Attorneys representing the former Olympic canoeist charged with damaging part of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool have asked the judge in the case to release more information from the grand jury.

David Hearn’s legal team wrote in a motion that “the Government’s sole grand-jury witness on damages testified that the property was already damaged before Mr. Hearn allegedly touched it; that the same repairs would have been required regardless of Mr. Hearn’s conduct; …

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