{"id":70197,"date":"2026-06-21T12:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70197"},"modified":"2026-06-21T12:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:57:11","slug":"trumps-us-attorney-in-dc-jeanine-pirro-threatens-journalist-for-vandalizing-reflecting-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70197","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s US Attorney in DC, Jeanine Pirro, Threatens Journalist for &#8216;Vandalizing&#8217; Reflecting Pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The parade of failures presided over by Donald Trump is a truly impressive prospectus of pitiful faux pas. They range from his disastrous and illegal war with Iran, to his callous abuse of immigrants, to his dreadful mismanagement of the economy, to his myriad of ego-stroking tributes to himself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Trump's US Attorney in DC, Jeanine Pirro, Threatens Journalist for 'Vandalizing' Reflecting Pool%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70197\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post this article on Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/intent\/compose?text=Trump's US Attorney in DC, Jeanine Pirro, Threatens Journalist for 'Vandalizing' Reflecting Pool%20https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70197\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post on Bluesky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/FoxNews\/pirro-foxnews.jpg\" alt=\"Jeanine Pirro Fox News\" width=\"550\" height=\"295\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33320\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s ability to screw up anything that he is involved with is boundless. He even managed to turn his UFC cage match on the White House lawn into a debacle of epic proportions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70189\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s White-Trashing of the White House (UFC Freedom 250) Was a Costly Trump and Ratings Flop<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The latest catastrophe on Trump&#8217;s playlist is his so-called <em>&#8220;renovation&#8221;<\/em> of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. He spent upwards of $14 million on it, and in less than two weeks it has devolved into a swampy mess of algae and peeling paint.<\/p>\n<p>True to form, Trump is genetically incapable of taking responsibility for anything. So he is trying desperately to blame this blunder on anyone else. This led to his <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsCorpse\/status\/2068238045443395849\" target=\"_blank\">manufacturing a claim that it was vandals<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; you know, <em>&#8220;radical left lunatics&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; who endeavored to destroy the perfect beautification effort that he had personally forged. He even said that the U.S. Park Police had arrested multiple suspected vandals, although there is no evidence of that.<\/p>\n<p>In support of Trump&#8217;s contrived accusations, his U.S. Attorney for D.C., Jeanine Pirro, has announced that she is pursuing criminal charges against the imaginary vandals. And she is beginning with threats against a member of the media who dared to report on Trump&#8217;s Swamp Pool. Pirro was interviewed by Peter Doocy of Fox News Sunday morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Doocy:<\/strong> Trump has a crime-stoppers tip for you. He says &#8220;Lightweight ABC reporter Jonathan Karl was seen sticking his hand into the Pool and trying to rip the rubber off of the surface.&#8221; Is Jonathan Karl in trouble?<br \/>\n<strong>Pirro:<\/strong> Well, it depends. Anyone who is in a position of vandalizing or attempting to vandalize the Reflecting Pool will face the criminal justice system in D.C. The president has made it a priority to make D.C. not only safe, beautiful. And there are several citations that have been handed out to individuals, and these are cases that will be prosecuted to the full extent<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"embed-x\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Doocy: Is Jonathan Karl in trouble?<\/p>\n<p>Pirro: Anyone who is in a position of vandalizing or attempting to vandalize the reflecting pool will face the criminal justice system. There are several citations that have been handed out individuals, and these are cases that will be\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T6N39RiEiK\">pic.twitter.com\/T6N39RiEiK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/2068722788421304640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Of course, Karl broke no law by demonstrating how the coating that Trump had applied was peeling off. Clearly Karl was not vandalizing anything. But Pirro leaves open the possibility that he could be prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p>Pirro is adamant that she will prosecute anyone who vandalizes the Reflecting Pool. Never mind that there is zero evidence of any vandalization. Which is interesting because her boss has determined that anyone who storms Congress, destroys public property, and threatens the lives of representatives, gets a pardon and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70074\" target=\"_blank\">maybe millions of taxpayer dollars<\/a><\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>So according to Pirro, the seditionists who ransacked Congress and threatened to hang Mike Pence get a pass. But nonexistent Swamp Pool vandals will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. This is the brand of justice practiced by Pirro, a former Fox News host who had not worked professionally in the law for twenty years when Trump plucked her up from Fox. And Pirro&#8217;s record as U.S. Attorney has been notably awful. As <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/06\/politics\/jeanine-pirro-trials-dc-juries\" target=\"_blank\">reported by CNN<\/a><\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The DC US attorney\u2019s office under Jeanine Pirro has had an unusually low win rate in trials in Washington\u2019s federal district court this year&#8230;In its first eight criminal trials this year, the DC US attorney\u2019s office has won only half of them \u2014 far below the national average.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Among the cases for which Pirro failed to win convictions, or even bring to trial, was one involving a Subway sandwich <em>&#8220;terrorist&#8221;<\/em> who threw a footlong at an ICE agent. She also wasn&#8217;t able to get a Grand Jury to indict a group of Democratic veterans serving in Congress, including Senators Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin, on charges of sedition because <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68290\" target=\"_blank\">they lawfully reminded soldiers of their sworn duty<\/a><\/strong> not to obey illegal orders.<\/p>\n<p>The American people will be comforted knowing that during the Trump administration Swamp Pool vandals will be harshly dealt with, while violent insurrectionists will get off scot free. And the same goes for billionaires who commit fraud. And the same goes for pedophiles associated with child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, including his best friend Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED STORIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70192\" target=\"_blank\">RATPUBLICAN TRUMP Posts Two Polls on Truth Social Asking Truly DUMB (With a B) Questions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70140\" target=\"_blank\">WOW! 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They range from his disastrous and illegal war with Iran, to his callous abuse of immigrants, to his dreadful mismanagement of the economy, to his myriad of ego-stroking tributes to himself. Click here to post this article [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1475,1,1201,16],"tags":[67,554,33,1092,1094,123,1075],"class_list":["post-70197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-general","category-justice","category-wankery","tag-crime","tag-donald-trump","tag-fox-news","tag-jeanine-pirro","tag-jonathan-karl","tag-justice","tag-peter-doocy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/FoxNews\/pirro-foxnews.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-igd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35330,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35330","url_meta":{"origin":70197,"position":0},"title":"Fox News &#8216;Judge&#8217; Fear Mongers That Any Trump Indictments Will Trigger a &#8216;Real Uprising&#8217;","author":"Mark NC","date":"8\/4\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"It is becoming clearer with every passing day that Donald Trump and his criminal associates are in big trouble. 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