A grand jury witness testified that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was already damaged before former Olympic canoeist Davey Hearn allegedly tampered with it. The testimony potentially undermines the felony charge against Hearn by suggesting the damage was pre-existing.
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The only grand jury witness in a case against a former Olympic canoeist accused of tampering with the Reflecting Pool testified that the area was already damaged and would have required repairs regardless, lawyers said in a court filing on Monday.
"The govt's sole grand jury witness in a case against a former Olympic canoeist accused of tampering with the Reflecting Pool testified that the area was already damaged and would have required repairs regardless, lawyers said in a court filing Monday. The witness testimony also raised questions about whether the grand jury was properly instructed about the core elements of the alleged crime." htt
NBC News reports: A key grand jury witness in a case against a former Olympic canoeist accused of tampering with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool testified that the area was already damaged and wo...
A key grand jury witness in a case against a former Olympic canoeist accused of tampering with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool testified that the area was already damaged and would have required repairs regardless, lawyers say.
www.newsweek.com/witness-in-r... Former Olympian David Hearn says a government witness testified the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was already damaged before he entered it.
Former Olympic canoeist Davey Hearn’s lawyers say testimony undermines felony charge A witness in the case against a former Olympic canoeist accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool testified that the area of the pool liner was already damaged and would have required repairs regardless of David “Davey” Hearn’s alleged actions. A court filing released on Monday contained that rev
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