# Trump urges Pirro to revisit decision to drop Reflecting Pool vandalism case

https://mins.news/en/item/16570

- Reuters, 2026-08-07 22:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-urges-pirro-revisit-decision-drop-reflecting-pool-case-alleging-vandalism-2026-08-07/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a7655b216de02000121af1c

> President Donald Trump posted on Friday that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro should reconsider her decision to drop a Justice Department case. The case alleges vandalism at the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Trump’s intervention focuses attention on Pirro’s decision to abandon the prosecution. The post did not indicate whether Pirro would change course.

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