The Justice Department has now dropped charges against all four defendants accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after the Trump administration renovated it. From Fox 5 DC:Charges have now been dropped against all four defendants who were accused of vandalizing the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Hearn had previously claimed that he was riding a bike near the Reflecting Pool when he stopped to check out the newly peeled coating. We then knew this was not an isolated incident, but a new trend to attempt to damage the Reflecting Pool.” One officer “witnessed Carreno reach down into the reflecting pool and pull up a piece of the blue paint,” according to the court documents.