President Trump nominated Dennis Kirk, a Project 2025 author and former White House official, to lead the Interior Department's inspector general office, potentially giving him oversight of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool investigation.
President Trump publicly criticized U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro for dropping criminal charges against a former Olympian accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying she 'choked' and 'folded like an umbrella.'
The Justice Department moved to dismiss criminal charges against a former Olympian accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying evidence showed the damage was caused by flawed installation work rather than deliberate vandalism.
