‘Folded like an umbrella’: Trump attacks ally prosecutor over Reflecting Pool case

South China Morning Post Tuesday 04 August 2026, 01:18 UTC By Reuters 1 min read

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US President Donald Trump sharply criticised ⁠US Attorney Jeanine Pirro ⁠on Monday for dropping ⁠a case of alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, saying she had “choked” under pressure from a judge and “folded like an umbrella”. “Instead of going after the people that did it, the judge went ‌after her and went after her department, and I guess she choked. I don’t know what the hell happened,” Trump told reporters.

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