\u2014 from Alternet<\/a><\/i><\/b> <\/p>\n David Hearn, the former Olympic canoeist who recently found himself at the center of a legal firestorm thanks to President Donald Trump, is reviewing \u201call options\u201d<\/a> after the Department of Justice on Friday admitted the charges brought against him were based on a false claims<\/a>.<\/p>\n Hearn was charged on July 2 with one felony count of vandalism<\/a> after U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro claimed he inflicted \u201cwidespread damage\u201d at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Last Friday, Pirro dropped the charges against Hearn, acknowledging the damage to the Reflecting Pool was caused by \u201ca botched installation and not vandalism.<\/a>\u201d Pirro\u2019s motion on Friday directly contradicts<\/a> Trump\u2019s oft-repeated claim that vandals slashed the pool lining.<\/p>\n An attorney for Hearn told the Guardian \u201call options are on the table\u201d as he seeks legal recourse for the arrest<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to the Guardian, \u201cHearn \u2018has a number of potential remedies\u2019 after being prosecuted in connection with pool damage now attributed to faulty work by a contractor, attorney Steven Levin said in a statement. Levin added that those could include \u2018civil suits, bar referrals for the prosecutors involved, request for sanctions and reimbursement of attorneys\u2019 fees and expenses,\u2019 and requests for investigations by various government entities, including Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n As the Guardian reports, Hearn\u2019s attorney have previously demanded a public apology from the Trump administration.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Trump administration\u2019s case against Davey Hearn should have never been brought<\/a>,\u201d Levin and attorney Norm Eisen wrote Friday on X. \u201cIts dismissal \u2026 does not erase the abuse of government power in arresting and charging a patriotic American who did nothing wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n Pirro on Monday met with Trump<\/a> hours after the president told a room of reporters in the Oval Office that his longtime friend had \u201cchoked\u201d in the Reflecting Pool case, arguing she \u201cmade a mistake” and that \u201cvandalism\u201d was responsible for the pool\u2019s peeling liner.<\/p>\n CBS News reported<\/a> that Pirro “carted a box full of evidence to the White House” for her meeting with Trump “in a bid to prove … that the damage to the Reflecting Pool was caused by shoddy construction and not by vandals.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump on Monday refused to say if he\u2019s reconsidering Pirro\u2019s role<\/a>, snapping at the reporter who posed the question, according to CNBC.<\/p>\n Per CNBC, \u201cThe White House, asked later Monday whether Trump continues to support Pirro in her current role, referred CNBC back to the president\u2019s comments in the Oval.\u201d![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/media-library\/former-u-s-olympic-canoeist-david-hearn-exits-the-courthouse-following-his-arraignment-on-at-dc-superior-court-in-washington-d.jpg?id=67118344&width=1245&height=700&quality=50&coordinates=0%2C0%2C0%2C0\")
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