Is that right though? See the last sentence of my second last post.
Do they have knife he used?
I think I read that someone offered free legal counsel so at least it won’t cost him much.
Guilty of what though? Is it a crime to take trash out of the pool?
And what he said is that he reached in to touch the floating lining.
Not as much in dollars, perhaps, unless there’s also lost income from the time spent on it. But there’s still the lost time in general and anxiety of dealing with legal proceedings. It’s still basically a nuisance suit poorly disguised as a criminal case
I really hope the judge throws the book at the criminals that brought this suit against this inocent man.
Disbarment for the prosecutors. Hopefully he can get the ‘cop’ that arrested him fired.
We can only hope, although that never happens.
I think they can have more than one goal. One of which is for citizens to be afraid of criticizing, questioning, or otherwise embarrassing the administration. But you’re absolutely correct that they’re also searching for a scapegoat.
That may well be relevant to other prosecutions brought by this administration.
However I haven’t read any suggestion Hearn had any intention of embarrassing or criticising the administration.
No need. They embarrase themselves all on their own.
What a joke this is.
My working theory is Hearn was simply curious when he reached in to touch a piece of lining that was sloughing off the surface. I’m not convinced his intention is relevant when it comes to the actions of this administration. Trump wants to dissuade anyone from looking too closely at the reflecting pool, and Hearn will serve as both scapegoat and a reminder not to look too closely.
Not just a theory; AP News reported
Hearn, a former Olympic canoe racer, told The Associated Press that he reached into the pool because he wanted to examine the peeling new coating. He said he briefly touched a chunk that was still attached to the side of the pool, then let go shortly after a park worker told him to.
The thing that kills me is the ‘crime’ is a felony with a potential for 10 years in prison.
With recent events involving grand juries, the first move should be to ask for the transcript.
“Felony” due to the $1,000 in damage Pirro et al are claiming.
How they will convince a jury that touching a tiny bit of the many bits of lining floating around that huge pool, did “a thousand dollars-worth of damage,” is a mystery.
According to Drunken Asshole Pirro, there are witnesses that saw him “violently” pull up a piece of the lining with both hands. Uh-huh 
A Grand Jury went along with this?
Especially since he had no implement of any sort to 
destoy the lining. Yeah - no idea how the prosecution will work that.
Betting there’s no corroborating video.
Pirro assured us “experts” would demonstrate that in court. If you can’t trust the United States Attorny for the District of Columbia I don’t know who you can trust.