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Clique aqui para pesquisarpesquisarInscreva-seMenu de navegaçãocaret-leftDonald TrumpTrump, Netanyahu e a questão do IrãComo as consequências da guerra no Irã podem influenciar as eleições nos EUAUm guia visual para a redefinição dos distritos eleitoraiscaret-rightNotícias|CrimeMulher acusada por vandalismo no Memorial da Segunda Guerra Mundial em Washington, DCAPrísão ocorre semanas após Trump criticar Jeanine Pirro por abandonar as acusações sobre danos à Reflecting Pool.
US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said on Friday that Melissa Farris, 41, had been taken into custody and charged with depredation of US property and destruction of veterans’ memorials.
list 1 of 4Trump administration to dismiss Reflecting Pool charges against David Hearn.
list 2 of 4US drops charges against Olympian for damage to Reflecting Pool.
list 3 of 4Trump denounces Justice Department decision to drop Reflecting Pool charges.
Liste 4 de 4: Por que Trump atacou Jeanine Pirro sobre 'vandalismo' na piscina refletora dos EUA.
The charges carry penalties of up to 10 years in prison.
Pirro also posted photographs of a woman who appeared to be holding a spray-paint can near red graffiti on the memorial. She did not say where the images came from.
Farris is expected to be arraigned on Friday. The Public Defender’s Office said earlier in the day that she had not yet been assigned a lawyer.
Trump-Pirro clash over Reflecting Pool.
The charges come weeks after Pirro dropped vandalism charges against several people accused of damaging the nearby Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The decision angered Trump and exposed a rare public disagreement between the president and one of his political appointees.
Trump havia alegado que a piscina foi danificada deliberadamente após reformas que ele havia ordenado e supervisionado. Mas sua condição se deteriorou dentro de dias após a conclusão dos trabalhos, com o selante azul descascando e algas aparecendo na água.
Pirro held a news conference in early July to charge former Olympic athlete David Hearn with the alleged Reflecting Pool vandalism. He was one of at least seven people who faced criminal charges over the pool’s peeling sealant.
While Pirro had initially said the government’s case was built on “tremendous evidence”, she issued a court motion less than a month later, on August 1, dropping the charges against Hearn.
Pirro asserted that the Interior Department had provided her office “less than fulsome information at the outset of the case”, and she blamed the damage on faulty repairs to the Reflecting Pool.
Trump responded by sharply criticising Pirro and doubling down on his allegations of vandalism, though he has yet to provide definitive proof.
Trump pareceu conectar essa disputa com o último ato de vandalismo no Memorial da Segunda Guerra Mundial na sexta-feira.
The Interior Department said US Park Police were investigating the vandalism and pledged to find whoever was responsible.
Trump has made renovations to Washington, DC, a major facet of his second term, and he and his allies have initiated controversial renovations to the White House and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, among other landmarks.
This month also marks the anniversary of Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Washington, DC, in an effort to crack down on crime.
Critics, however, have criticised Trump for a heavy-handed approach to law enforcement and have questioned the basis for some of the charges brought under his anti-crime campaign.
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