Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(138,695 posts)
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 06:47 PM Sunday

People ticketed for vandalizing Washington Reflecting Pool to be fully prosecuted, Judge Wine Box says

By Amina Niasse

NEW YORK, June 21 (Reuters) - People caught vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Washington's National ‌Mall will be fully prosecuted, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro ‌said on Sunday.

President Donald Trump has blamed vandalism for recent problems with the ​newly renovated pool, including its new blue paint peeling off. Citations for vandalism have been issued, Pirro said on Sunday, adding that even minor crimes must be prosecuted to keep the U.S. capital safe.

The ‌peeling paint was visible ⁠in the 2,000-foot-long rectangular pool, a major national landmark, less than two weeks after Trump declared ⁠its $14.7 million renovation project completed on June 6. Trump on Saturday claimed, without providing evidence, that vandals poured corrosive chemicals into the ​pool.

"Anyone who ​is in a position of ​vandalizing or attempting to vandalize ‌will face the criminal justice system in D.C.," Pirro told Fox News' "Sunday Briefing" program.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/people-ticketed-vandalizing-washington-reflecting-190612134.html

The only one who vandalized it is the idiot you work for.

42 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
People ticketed for vandalizing Washington Reflecting Pool to be fully prosecuted, Judge Wine Box says (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sunday OP
Judge Wine Box!? This is a great nickname for her. SWBTATTReg Sunday #1
Very accurate MustLoveBeagles Sunday #37
Discovery should be fun, i hope a nice, smart Democratic lawyer represents them. dem4decades Sunday #2
Post removed Post removed Sunday #4
No one vandalized the pool..... odins folly Sunday #6
Post removed Post removed Sunday #16
If you believe people don't get arrested without evidence, dpibel Sunday #21
This message was self-deleted by its author ForgedCrank Sunday #24
That's some wild spin dpibel Sunday #26
This message was self-deleted by its author ForgedCrank Sunday #27
I think that you have comprehension problems dpibel Sunday #29
I think Forged Crank broke from the stress. OAITW r.2.0 7 hrs ago #41
Certainly got pretty cranky... dpibel 7 hrs ago #42
I was relaying what I have read over the last few weeks odins folly Sunday #30
You can't be serious? Wiz Imp Sunday #33
This message was self-deleted by its author Wiz Imp 14 hrs ago #40
Antifa vandalized the pool DBoon Sunday #17
Exactly what things did they do? Kingofalldems Sunday #9
This message was self-deleted by its author ForgedCrank Sunday #14
How soon we forget! dpibel Sunday #23
Post removed Post removed Sunday #25
A simplified statement for you dpibel Sunday #31
Wait and see if it's true or not? MarineCombatEngineer Sunday #11
Post removed Post removed Sunday #13
It wasn't vandalism, it was Trump blaming vandalism. dem4decades Sunday #12
This message was self-deleted by its author ForgedCrank Sunday #15
If Trump's lips move he's lying, that's how i know. dem4decades Sunday #18
This message was self-deleted by its author ForgedCrank Sunday #22
Smearing shit in the Capitol building is OK though Walleye Sunday #3
That will go about as well for her... 2naSalit Sunday #5
What...er..um ...how far is a "Anyone who ​is in a position of ​vandalizing" underpants Sunday #32
Hard to say! 2naSalit Sunday #36
Nobody vandalized the pool except trump himself Blues Heron Sunday #7
Jeannie Pirro is criminally insane. Initech Sunday #10
How does one "vandalize" a fetid, algae-infested body of water with chunks of peeling paint floating on the surface? sop Sunday #8
weaponization of justice system for trump to save face BlueWaveNeverEnd Sunday #19
shitstain LYING as always since its birth or gestation dave99 Sunday #20
No they won't Wiz Imp Sunday #28
And they will be found - Not Guilty - by a jury of their peers. OAITW r.2.0 Sunday #34
Judge Wine Box - Here's a hint. Norrrm Sunday #35
She obviously knows nobody IS vandalizing. Hence the threat to prosecute anyone "in a position to vandalize." pat_k Sunday #38
Wowser! dpibel Sunday #39

Response to dem4decades (Reply #2)

odins folly

(676 posts)
6. No one vandalized the pool.....
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 07:11 PM
Sunday

Shitbag had a delusional dream that there were vandals because he couldn’t possibly have picked a dumbass to do a job he wasn’t qualified to perform, and the rest of his band of sycophants are falling in line with the BS….

The coating absorbed the heat which made the algae bloom. First lie was that the algae was in the pipes, and would clear in days. The next thing was they poured hydrogen peroxide into the pool to try and kill the algae. The peroxide caused the coating to lift.

Now dear leader says it was perfectly clear and that there were vandals, so all the little snowflake soldiers fall all over themselves backing up the grand delusion….

Response to odins folly (Reply #6)

dpibel

(4,038 posts)
21. If you believe people don't get arrested without evidence,
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 08:09 PM
Sunday

I have some extremely valuable bridge property I'd like to sell you on the cheap.

Anyone who can say that has not being paying attention to real life for quite a long time.

Not to mention the fact that this is a misdemeanor and is highly unlikely to lead to the incarceration you so fervently advocate.

Other than that, I think you're really onto something!

Response to dpibel (Reply #21)

dpibel

(4,038 posts)
26. That's some wild spin
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 08:33 PM
Sunday

You said: "And generally, people don't get arrested unless there is at least some evidence against them."

It is not putting words in your mouth to restate that proposition as "people don't get arrested without evidence."

Bluster on!

Response to dpibel (Reply #26)

odins folly

(676 posts)
30. I was relaying what I have read over the last few weeks
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 08:42 PM
Sunday

If you haven’t seen anything to collaborate or validate anything in what I wrote, then we follow different lines of thought. I read, I read many sources and few of them are mainstream media sources.

Over these past weeks I have read about the reflecting pool renovation where the pool was drained to have a “protective” coating applied and how it was not going well. I red how the algae came back due to heat and the coating. I read and saw the pictures of people pouring hydrogen peroxide into the pool and read the report from a pool guy who pointed out they were not adding anywhere near the amount of peroxide required for the volume of water in the pool. I read how only a day later, the coating began to peal up most likely due to the peroxide. I also read how yesterday they arrested a former Olympian after he reached down to touch the pealing coating. I then read this morning about the shitbag’s declaration that “many people” have been arrested, etc, etc….

I have neither the time nor inclination to trot out sources I read in order to prove I read things that you do not. If I offended you in any way, that was not my intention. I don’t believe in groveling or begging for forgiveness, least of all mine. I don’t know you, so I don’t feel it necessary to prove you one way or the other, take it as you wish.

Wiz Imp

(10,777 posts)
33. You can't be serious?
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 08:55 PM
Sunday

The US attorney's office in DC (Jeaanine Prirro) has been no billed by a grand jury more in the past year than most us attorneys offices have in decades combined. The reason is she keeps charging innocent people. Here's just one eggregious example.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/jeanine-pirro-fails-fourth-time-144837921.html

Jeanine Pirro Fails for the Fourth Time to Charge Same D.C. Woman
U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro has once again failed spectacularly, as she has been unable to charge the same D.C. woman in court four different times.

On Thursday, a jury found Sidney Lori Reid not guilty on misdemeanor charges of assaulting an FBI agent. Reid was accused of assaulting FBI agent Eugenia Bates back in July while being detained. Video shows Reid outside D.C. Jail filming Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who were waiting to arrest two people.

Pirro's office had already tried three separate times before this to federally indict Reid on felony charges, which can carry up to eight years in prison. They alleged that Reid "forcibly pushed" an FBI agent's arm off of her with the intent to injure the agent. That argument failed then, and it failed again on Thursday.

It's clear that Pirro's office is vindictively overcharging in a desperate attempt to make an example out of someone, to have a headline to tout for President Trump. But regardless of how many resources and indictments they throw, it doesn't seem to be working.


I have no idea why somebody who believes people don't get arrested unless there is at least some evidence against them is even on DU since that opinion is completely counter to what the site is all about.

Response to Wiz Imp (Reply #33)

Kingofalldems

(40,408 posts)
9. Exactly what things did they do?
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 07:21 PM
Sunday

I see no evidence of vandalism except for Trump's actual vandalism.

Response to Kingofalldems (Reply #9)

dpibel

(4,038 posts)
23. How soon we forget!
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 08:13 PM
Sunday

"People who do things like this are not on our side..."

Those are your very words from the conditionally stated post to which you refer.

The poster whose inquiry you are dodging asked what the vandalism at issue was.

IOW: What are these "things like this" to whom you refer.

It's not a question of prejudging guilt or innocence.

It's a question of what heinous deeds you think have been done.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Response to dpibel (Reply #23)

dpibel

(4,038 posts)
31. A simplified statement for you
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 08:44 PM
Sunday

What things are you talking about?

You are, amidst all the volume and bluster, refusing to say what vandalism you believe has been done.

You're quite exercised by it. But you seem not to be able to articulate what it is you think should be righteously punished if, in fact it was done.

Ya see: "Vandalism" is a catchall word. Did someone paint graffiti on the reflecting pool? Did someone tip over the privy of the reflecting pool?

What happened?

You really are not quite as good at this as you seem to think you are.

BTW: What does this mean in standard English: "the topic is alleged vandalism of the grounds reflecting pool."

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,248 posts)
11. Wait and see if it's true or not?
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 07:26 PM
Sunday

Given this admin. constant lies, why would you wait and see if it's true or not?
This whole admin is built on lies and deception, and that includes Pirro.

Response to MarineCombatEngineer (Reply #11)

dem4decades

(14,639 posts)
12. It wasn't vandalism, it was Trump blaming vandalism.
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 07:28 PM
Sunday

Come on, do you think it was the Antifa Algea Army?

Response to dem4decades (Reply #12)

Response to dem4decades (Reply #18)

2naSalit

(104,712 posts)
5. That will go about as well for her...
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 07:11 PM
Sunday

Last edited Sun Jun 21, 2026, 09:31 PM - Edit history (1)

As her prosecution of the sandwich guy case.

underpants

(197,761 posts)
32. What...er..um ...how far is a "Anyone who ​is in a position of ​vandalizing"
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 08:45 PM
Sunday

I’m 107 miles from there. Should I be worried?

Initech

(109,583 posts)
10. Jeannie Pirro is criminally insane.
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 07:22 PM
Sunday

And Rupert Murdoch doesn't own DC. These things are not his. And fuck Trump and his stupid Americagasm.

sop

(19,817 posts)
8. How does one "vandalize" a fetid, algae-infested body of water with chunks of peeling paint floating on the surface?
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 07:15 PM
Sunday

Wiz Imp

(10,777 posts)
28. No they won't
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 08:38 PM
Sunday

grand jury will no bill every single charge. Of it ever did reach court, it would be thrown out immediately by a judge. More massive waste of taxpaayer dollars.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,949 posts)
34. And they will be found - Not Guilty - by a jury of their peers.
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 09:01 PM
Sunday

Which means frivolous arrests that cost taxpayers for Trump's inability to accept responsibility.

pat_k

(14,486 posts)
38. She obviously knows nobody IS vandalizing. Hence the threat to prosecute anyone "in a position to vandalize."
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 09:59 PM
Sunday

These people are so f-ing transparent.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»People ticketed for vanda...