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At least five people arrested in alleged tampering of Reflecting Pool, official says [View all]

Source: NBC News

June 22, 2026, 11:05 AM EDT / Updated June 22, 2026, 2:34 PM EDT

At least five people have been arrested in connection with the alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, an administration official said Monday, as President Donald Trump threatened long prison terms for offenders.

The five arrests and five additional citations to other people have come in the wake of Trump saying Saturday, with no evidence so far, that vandals at the Reflecting Pool cut a 250-foot-long “gash into the beautiful facade of what took so much work, competence, and money to build and complete.”

Among those arrested was former U.S. Olympic canoeist David “Davey” Hearn, who previously told NBC News he was detained for five hours Friday after touching a piece of detached coating at the Reflecting Pool.

Over the weekend, following a meeting with contractors at Camp David, Trump said the Reflecting Pool would likely need to be drained again.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/least-five-people-arrested-allegedly-tampering-reflecting-pool-officia-rcna351154

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At least five people arrested in alleged tampering of Reflecting Pool, official says [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

Sounds like BS to me electric_blue68 Yesterday #1

Yep. BS! Aussie105 18 hrs ago #22

so the perpetrator of the original tampering goes free as usual. hmmmm msongs Yesterday #2

I hope they have great pro bono lawyers who file multiple countersuits RockCreek Yesterday #3

The lawsuits against these arrests liberalgunwilltravel Yesterday #4

Who are the other 4 alleged vandals? RB77 Yesterday #5

"...an administration official said Monday" maxsolomon Yesterday #7

More attempts to install a police state. tonekat Yesterday #6

What I heard today Mz Pip Yesterday #8

Why would she need a GJ to indict? maxsolomon Yesterday #10

So....yeah that Motorcade stunt purr-rat beauty Yesterday #9

It's a good thing I'm nowhere near DC. TomSlick Yesterday #11

How about arresting the real conman that perpetrated this fiasco? OAITW r.2.0 23 hrs ago #12

I would love to hear MAGA explain how the supposed vandalism happened IronLionZion 23 hrs ago #13

Supposedly, someone cut a 350' long slit COL Mustard 14 hrs ago #26

That would be impressive IronLionZion 13 hrs ago #32

T💩p cannot accept the fact that he FUCKED UP AGAIN! OMGWTF 23 hrs ago #14

TOFU! COL Mustard 14 hrs ago #27

5 people who are gonna get PAID TalenaGor 22 hrs ago #15

I want discovery IbogaProject 22 hrs ago #18

100000%!!! TalenaGor 22 hrs ago #19

As Trump melm00se 13 hrs ago #30

People who "tamper" with the Reflecting Pool get the book thrown at them? ShazzieB 22 hrs ago #16

"At least five people arrested in alleged tampering..." LudwigPastorius 22 hrs ago #17

How about arresting the no-bid contractor who did this shitty paint job? Crowman2009 21 hrs ago #20

Don't photograph the pool. Don't touch the pool. Don't look at the pool. Bayard 21 hrs ago #21

The Charlie Kirk pool. twodogsbarking 14 hrs ago #25

What pool? COL Mustard 14 hrs ago #29

"The reflecting pool five" soon to be "the exonerated five" dedl67 16 hrs ago #23

'People who "tamper" with the Reflecting Pool get the book thrown at them' J_William_Ryan 14 hrs ago #24

Its 14 arrests now BlueWaveNeverEnd 14 hrs ago #28

I predict zero convictions from those alleged arrests. -misanthroptimist 13 hrs ago #31

These prosecutions will be just as successful and the subway guy's prosecution LetMyPeopleVote 7 hrs ago #33