U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Friday moved to dismiss an indictment charging U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn with vandalizing the Reflecting Pool of the Lincoln Memorial, writing in a court filing that damage to the pool's sealant was the result of a "flawed installation."

Hearn had been charged with felony destruction of property in early July, with Pirro saying at a press conference that he "violently" ripped up part of the pool's liner with his bare hands.

Hearn's attorneys accused the Trump administration of making the 67-year-old ex-Olympian a "scapegoat" for the troubled renovation, which President Donald Trump had frequently boasted about.

After the pool appeared to show issues following its alleged renovation, Trump repeatedly claimed, without providing evidence, that vandals had cut a gash hundreds of feet long along the bottom.

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