{"id":354957,"date":"2026-06-23T16:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trump-reflecting-pool-arrested-mans-attorney-laughs-at-charges\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:00:08","slug":"trump-reflecting-pool-arrested-mans-attorney-laughs-at-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trump-reflecting-pool-arrested-mans-attorney-laughs-at-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Reflecting Pool: Arrested man\u2019s attorney laughs at charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/NRI25FWNq8g\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Trump Reflecting Pool: Arrested man\u2019s attorney laughs at charges\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NRI25FWNq8g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Three-time US Olympian David Hearn told CNN that police arrested him Friday after he said he touched a flap of blue material partially detached from the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Hearn, who says he has a background in material science, told CNN he checked it out following a bike ride after reading reports of algae in the water and paint or sealant peeling off the bottom. <\/p>\n<p>Hearn\u2019s attorney Norm Eisen speaks with CNN\u2019s Anderson Cooper about what he calls \u201ca meritless prosecution.\u201d Also, The Atlantic staff writer Matt Viser has details about the type of algae plaguing the Reflecting Pool, and political analysts Scott Jennings and Karen Finney discuss the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Attorney for David Hearn explains what his client was doing at the Reflecting Pool<br \/>\n1:30 Eisen balks at question about the possibility of his client cutting the pool surface with a knife<br \/>\n3:15 What happened during the arrest?<br \/>\n4:53 What type of algae overtook the Reflecting Pool?<br \/>\n8:37 GOP and Democratic commentators on Trump\u2019s reaction to Reflecting Pool algae <\/p>\n<p>Watch 24\/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4eIvlTr<\/p>\n<p>#Trump #LincolnMemorial #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-time US Olympian David Hearn told CNN that police arrested him Friday after he said he touched a flap of blue material partially detached from the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. 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