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Topline U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced charges Friday against a woman accused of vandalizing the World War II memorial—as Pirro has drawn President Donald Trump’s ire for dropping a high-profile reflecting pool vandalism case. Vandalism can be seen at the World War II Memorial on August 13, 2026 in Washington D.C. Spray paint on the walls of the memorial states, “Clean hands Dirty [id=0]quot;, and soap bubble over in the fountain below the graffiti. (Photo by Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Washington Post via Getty Images Key Facts Pirro announced Friday Melissa Farris had been arrested in the case and said her office would file two felony charges against Farris, writing on social media that “vandalizing our World War II Memorial is a despicable attack on a sacred monument.” Reports of the alleged vandalism began to circulate Thursday showing the monument spraypainted with the words “clean hands dirty $” and the fountain bubbling with soap. The charges come as Trump has openly criticized Pirro for dropping the reflecting pool vandalism case against Olympian David Hearn, telling reporters she “folded like an umbrella” and that he was “really disappointed” in her. Tangent Hearn’s lawyers on Thursday urged the judge in the reflecting pool case to prevent prosecutors from reviving the charges in a new filing, accusing the Justice Department of “prosecutorial harassment.” The motion cited Trump’s criticism of Pirro as reason to believe the agency could bring back the charges. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman dismissed the case earlier this month, but set a later date to decide whether to dismiss the case with prejudice. Key Background Federal prosecutors dropped the case against Hearn, a Maryland resident and U.S. Olympic canoeist, earlier this month, acknowledging that the damage to the reflecting pool…
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