WASHINGTON (AFP) — The U.S. Justice Department on Friday dropped its case against a former Olympian accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying the hurried renovations ordered by President Donald Trump had actually just been botched. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. But in a court filing on Friday, Pirro said new revelations “undermine the evidentiary basis for the indictment,” and moved for dismissal. She said that new documents indicate that the damage to the landmark “was the result of a botched installation and not vandalism as initially represented” by the Interior Department. Trump had personally overseen the renovation of the Reflecting Pool, including the addition of an “American flag blue” liner.