President Donald Trump has expressed disappointment in Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, after she moved to dismiss criminal charges involving damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Trump accused Pirro of having choked and folded like an umbrella in the case.
Pirro dropped vandalism charges against a former Olympian accused of damaging the recently renovated reflecting pool. The move to dismiss the charges follows court filings that blamed the Trump administration for the damage.
The president is reportedly considering removing Pirro from her post. The decision to dismiss the charges marks a rare moment during Trump's second term of an aide or political appointee openly defying him.
Pirro, a longtime ally of the president, was nominated by Trump to serve as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia last year and was later confirmed by the Senate in August.