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The Davey Hearn Motion to Dismiss ALSO Debunks Trump’s Vandalism Claim
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WaPo has a worthwhile story on the competing claims about the reflecting pool which I’ll cover in more depth in a follow-up. But I want to make a discrete point first.It notes that the video Trump keeps posting, claiming, “There may have been some contractor difficulty, but the major damage was caused by VANDALS!” is a longer version of a video the Park Police released on June 25, six days after Davey Hearn was arrested.
The video appears to be a longer version of a clip previously shared by the U.S. Park Police on June 24 seeking the public’s help identifying a person in the footage. Police said it was recorded on June 19 at 3:36 p.m., roughly an hour before Hearn was approached by officers.
The video does not show clear vandalism.
Here’s the video.
But the motion to dismiss Davey Hearn’s indictment debunks Trump’s claim that that’s where the damage started, too. As I noted, the MTD posts two pictures showing the spot where DOJ accused Hearn of doing damage (they ignore the photo Hearn himself took before he stuck his hand in the pool).
One photo DOJ describes to have been taken on June 19 at 2:55PM by a witness not described to be involved in the conflict between Hearn and Park Police shows the very same flap of loose lining that Hearn’s own photo (taken around 4:45) and an after photo the Park Officer who was involved in a conflict with Hearn took at 4:48.
According to Pirro’s filing, then, the damage that Pirro falsely accused Davey Hearn of doing was there no later than 2:55PM, 41 minutes before the video that Trump keeps posting.
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