Former Olympian among those charged with vandalizing Reflecting Pool

Say it aint so · Monday at 12:15 PM

What is happening here is the Trump white house is going out and having people, I guess arrested, just so they can have someone to blame why the no bid contractor who never dealt with pools in the first place botched a 14m dollar paint job.

I will be dollars to donuts you will not see a vandalism indictment.

Servus · Monday at 12:20 PM

Hans Blaster said:
From police or judges, not political flacks and "administration sources".

How long would it take the police in your town to put out press release about people arrested for vandalizing some bit of the town square?

I don't know, do you? It seems you must.

Hans Blaster said:
We know about his arrest because journalists recorded it and tracked him down and he gave them a quote. His case is not docket in the DC court.

Okay...

Hans Blaster said:
Talk to it if you must, but I don't care to waste my time on your cut-and-past generated output.

rambot · Monday at 12:20 PM

Servus said:
So you're claiming there's no footage of the reflecting pool being vandalized because you haven't seen it yet even though it's been less than a week.

I am positing that we will never see footage.

Because footage doesn't exist.

Servus · Monday at 12:22 PM

rambot said:
I am CLAIMING that we will never see footage.

Because footage doesn't exist.

And your evidence for that is?...

rambot · Monday at 12:23 PM

Servus said:
And your evidence for that is?...

Have you seen it?

Servus · Monday at 12:27 PM

rambot said:
Have you seen it?

That brings us back to you claiming it doesn't exist because it hasn't been released in less than a week. And by that logic there must not be any footage of the reflecting pool lawn being vandalized either.

durangodawood · Monday at 12:36 PM

Say it aint so said:
I will be dollars to donuts you will not see an vandalism indictment.

Yep. Charges will be dropped when this thing calms down because:

A. people removing bits of the detached coating isnt "vandalism".
B. team Trump doesnt want the facts of this emarrassing failure getting dredged up over and over.

(If you want real vandalism just look back to Trump pasting his name on someone else's memorial.)

Nithavela · Monday at 12:52 PM

Perhaps it could be outlawed for people to approach into line of sight of the reflection pool. Then the government could release nicely photoshopped pictures of an american flag blue pool and everyone would be happy.

rambot · Monday at 1:38 PM

Servus said:
That brings us back to you claiming it doesn't exist because it hasn't been released in less than a week. And by that logic there must not be any footage of the reflecting pool lawn being vandalized either.

No. I'm claiming it doesn't exist because Trump is a liar and I believe it doesn't exist because what he claims happenned, did not happen. Like so many other things he's said.

The beauty of our current position is that neither of us never need to move if nothing gets released. I won't have to change my position because I don't htink it happenned.

And you can continue to give some kind of reason for them not releasing the video....OR, getting any of this before a judge.

MarcusGregor · Monday at 1:53 PM

rambot said:
Have you seen it?

I have!

Vandals drove right over the paint before it was even dry!

wing2000 · Monday at 1:55 PM

Servus said:
There are multiple photos from several sources showing vandalism to the lawn that's part of the reflecting pool plaza. The argument is basically if a house sustains damage and a cross was burned on the lawn, there's absolutely no way whatsoever the two could possibly be related.

Is that what the citations indicate?

wing2000 · Monday at 2:02 PM

Speaking to Fox News on Sunday, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said that “anyone who is in a position of vandalizing or attempting to vandalize the Reflecting Pool will face the criminal justice system in D.C.”

“There are several citations that have been handed out to individuals, and these are cases that will be prosecuted to the full extent,” she said.
“If there are more serious products that are put into the Reflecting Pool to create more algae or a bigger problem, then we’ll consider more serious charges,” Pirro said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/21/reflecting-pool-paint-peels-trump-blames-vandals-authorities-make-arrests/

....Jeanine Pirro...who, as we all know, has a sterling prosecution rate as the D.C. attorney.

essentialsaltes · Monday at 2:09 PM

Servus said:
So you're claiming there's no footage of the reflecting pool being vandalized

There are no photographs or footage of the vandalism.

essentialsaltes · Monday at 2:22 PM

Man cited by authorities for simply touching water in Trump's Reflecting Pool: report

rambot · Monday at 2:32 PM

essentialsaltes said:
Man cited by authorities for simply touching water in Trump's Reflecting Pool: report

Ok but was it Mr Freeze cause he'll mess that up.

The only people who should be surprised at this, will ignore it anyways.

Say it aint so · Monday at 2:55 PM

MarcusGregor said:
I have!

Vandals drove right over the paint before it was even dry!

It sure didn't help.

Say it aint so · Monday at 2:59 PM

The Anatomy of a Rushed Failure: How the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Liner Delaminated

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Ultimately, while political narratives can be spun in a matter of minutes, the laws of physics are absolute. The National Park Service’s subsequent engineering assessments and draining operations have slowly brought the truth to light, grounding the incident firmly in the realm of construction science rather than criminal conspiracy.

The peeling of the Reflecting Pool was not an act of sabotage from an outside enemy; it was an internal failure born from the collision of an artificial political deadline, compressed worker shift changes, and the unforgiving application windows of modern polymers. When public discourse chooses sensationalized narratives over technical accuracy, it doesn’t just misinform—it actively masks the systemic issues of rushed public infrastructure projects.

Servus · Monday at 3:50 PM

essentialsaltes said:
There are no photographs or footage of the vandalism.

Based on what?

essentialsaltes · Monday at 3:51 PM

Say it aint so said:
The Anatomy of a Rushed Failure: How the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Liner Delaminated
A sound read

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Reads very plausibly. I think the hydrogen peroxide concentration could have been higher, since I think it was all poured in at the perimeter, before it evenly distributed. But that seems irrelevant if the gist of the post if correct.

Servus · Monday at 3:53 PM

wing2000 said:
Is that what the citations indicate?

Unknown at this time.

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