Trump disputes prosecutor's decision to drop charges in Lincoln Memorial pool case

President Donald Trump has publicly clashed with his own appointee, the U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C., Jeanine Pirro, over her decision to drop charges against a former Olympic athlete accused of vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial.

Pirro, a former Fox News host and a known Trump supporter, had asked a court to dismiss the case against 67-year-old former Olympic athlete David Hearn. Hearn was charged in July with vandalism for allegedly damaging the newly laid lining at the bottom of the Reflecting Pool.

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I am 100 percent in disagreement with Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C., in the pool case. I don't know what she was thinking?

In court documents, Pirro argued that the damage to the monument, which underwent millions of dollars in renovations, was due to "faulty installation and not vandalism." She also stated that new information weakened the evidence against Hearn.

However, Trump expressed strong disagreement with Pirro's assessment. "I am 100 percent in disagreement with Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C., in the pool case," Trump wrote. "I don't know what she was thinking?"

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faulty installation and not vandalism