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Former Olympian among those charged with vandalizing Reflecting Pool; Trump vows immediate repairs: report 33%
By Alexandra Koch0%
6/20/2026, 11:24:50 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 20 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Confirmation Bias, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 26.3% saturation with 99 hits. Analysis detected 786 faulty-reasoning hits from 377 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 41.6% and a BS Rank of 33% (13,801 of 20,369 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 67.80% of the article peer group.
Multiple people have been arrested this weekend after allegedly vandalizing the newly refurbished Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, prompting a strong response from President Donald Trump and an increase in security at the site.
Journalist Emily Miller posted a two-minute video Friday on X showing a man in lime green racing gear questioning a National Guardsman before being handcuffed by U.S.
Park Police.
The Washington Post later identified the man in Miller's video as David Hearn, 67, a three-time Olympian who was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of destruction of government property.
Hearn told the outlet he had just finished a 52-mile bike ride when he noticed a "partially detached piece" of the new pool liner and "reached into the water to see what it felt like."
While Miller claimed in her post that Hearn "grabbed" a hose that National Park Service workers were using to remediate algae growth, Hearn told The Washington Post the hose "may" only have been touched by his bike tire.
"I didn’t vandalize anything," Hearn told the outlet.
Hearn, who was arrested in 1996 on charges of canoeing on the Potomac River but later had them dropped, said, "I didn’t destroy, break or peel anything.
By the time I realized what was happening, I was already being handcuffed."
Miller reported that seven people were detained Friday and five people were detained Saturday in separate incidents, which has led to a major security surge.
Trump addressed the recent incidents Saturday afternoon on Truth Social, confirming that the Park Police arrested "multiple" people for vandalizing "our Nation's magnificent Reflecting Poll."
"Who would do such a thing?"
the president wrote in the post.
"These are very serious crimes having to do with the destruction of National Monuments.
Years in jail!
Work will begin immediately on its repair."
Trump on Friday noted Park Police have had "real problems" with vandalism at the Reflecting Pool as the administration faces scrutiny over peeling paint and algae growth just weeks after a $14.8 million restoration project was completed.
The White House, U.S.
Park Police and Miller did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
Fox News Digital's Michael Sinkewicz contributed to this report.
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