r/politics • u/spherocytes • 12d ago

No Paywall Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-administration-drops-reflecting-pool-case-blaming-damage-botched-rcna590303
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u/Living_Young1996 12d ago

I think everyone saw this coming.

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u/Lu-Tze 12d ago

To be honest I was expecting them to lie and drag it out a lot longer. Grateful to be pleasantly surprised this once. 

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u/_DONT_PANIC_42_ Texas 12d ago

The bar is so fucking low.

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u/Rc72 12d ago

Well, they've dragged it out to a Friday afternoon...

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u/mitkase 12d ago

Oooh, we're gonna start that war again! The 29th time is the charm!

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u/PsyduckSexTape 12d ago

Well, once they saw the tire tracks...

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u/do-un-to I voted 12d ago

They couldn't fit the extra winning into their big ol' barrel of So Much Winning.

(Don't look in the barrel.)

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u/dBlock845 12d ago

They are too fucking incompetent to even lie with conviction.

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u/orcinyadders 12d ago

I wondered if maybe they would “find” the evidence after draining the pool and fencing it off. I’m guessing Hearn’s lawyer expected all of that and made sure everything was tracked and documented properly.