“Lawyers for the former Olympian David Hearn filed a motion on Thursday night seeking to bar federal prosecutors from reviving a felony charge that he vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying they needed to head off possible ‘prosecutorial harassment’ prompted by President Trump,” the New York Times reports.
Olympian Moves to Block New Reflecting Pool Charges
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