US Attorney Jeanine Pirro discussed the vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday morning, revealing that at least 14 people have been cited for the damage and that her office is weighing charges that could carry up to ten years in prison.
Large portions of the bottom have been ripped out, and several people have been arrested for the destruction since last week. The National Park Service is now asking for help in identifying at least one vandal who was seen in surveillance video allegedly “destroying and removing a piece of the lining and attempting destruction of the lining.”
The Interior Department released footage of the vandals last Tuesday.
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The National Park Service has confirmed that the blue sealant at the bottom of the pool was vandalized and “cut with a sharp knife or razor” in recent court filings. It further confirmed plans to drain the pool and begin repairs after the Fourth of July.
US Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced on Fox News this morning that US Park Police have now cited 14 individuals for destruction of government property.
“They’re coming into my office now. Make no mistake, if you vandalize anything in this district, we’re going to prosecute you, and if you destroy the reflecting pool, and if you create a problem that has long-term ramifications, we’re going to prosecute you,” Pirro said. “There’s no question about it!”
She added, “What we’ve got to do is make sure that we’ve got people who are able to find out about what’s going on, and the president is making sure we do that because now the enforcement is at a next level in terms of all of the monuments.”
Pirro said the consequences could range from ten years in prison to a misdemeanor, depending on the “level of damage.”
“We’re assessing those citations now as they come in,” she said. “We’re going to get these people; they’re going to be made accountable; we’re prosecuting them.”
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Last week, The Gateway Pundit spoke exclusively to a spokeswoman with Greenwater Services, the company contracted to clean and filter the algae from the Reflecting Pool.
The company, Greenwater Services spokeswoman Erin Kramer said, is using “cutting-edge” ozone treatment technology, backed by research from Ohio State University and environmental journals, to pump ozone (O₃) “nano bubbles” throughout the water. “You’re actually adding oxygen to the water, which is great, so that’s why you can see the bottom of the pool really well, and what you see on the bottom is the sediment,” she said. “If we were doing this in a river or a lake, it would get reabsorbed into the environment. Here, it can get vacuumed up, but that’s what you see happening here today.”
Meanwhile, the left is losing its mind and actually protesting the removal of algae in the Reflecting Pool.
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