Sen. John Kennedy has admitted that President Donald Trump’s push to prosecute vandals for damage to his newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool may have been a political ploy. NBC NewsHe then said of Trump’s vandalism conspiracy: “Let me start with the president. Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesThe attorney offered a similar assessment on Jeanine Pirro, who had initially backed Trump’s assertion that vandals were to blame for the Reflecting Pool fiasco before backtracking on Friday. Before being discharged pre-trial, Hearn could have faced up to a decade behind bars for his alleged tampering with the pool. Friday's court filing also suggested that the 'rush' to prepare the Pool for the Fourth of July may have led to its downfall.