By late July, as Hearn’s defense counsel moved for release of the grand jury transcripts to expose glaring prosecutorial irregularities, Pirro’s case collapsed. The department’s own records described repeated installation failures and extensive peeling of the pool liner weeks before the alleged vandalism was ever said to have occurred. Within days, Pirro’s office also moved to drop misdemeanor charges against three more people accused of the same phantom vandalism. At Fox, Pirro could tell her audience whatever she wanted without personal consequence. Trump did not fire her over the weekend, and by Monday he had already moved on to blaming the judge instead.