Former Olympian pleads not guilty in Washington reflecting pool damage case after Trump alleged vandalism – live

According to The Guardian, former Olympic canoeist David Hearn has pleaded not guilty to vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The sixty-seven-year-old Maryland resident was arrested last month after he reached into the pool's water during a bike ride to inspect what he believed was a detached piece of the pool's blue liner. Prosecutors charged him with felony property destruction, while Hearn maintains he was simply curious about the material.

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