Ariana Baio -TheIndependent.com
“I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday afternoon, less than a day after Pirro admitted in a court filing that damage to a recently installed pool liner was “the result of flawed installation by the contractor.”
“I don’t know what she was thinking?” Trump added. “To me, it was a pure case of VANDALISM, that included the grass, which had a big 86 47 emblazoned in giant letters on it, and other elements of the surrounding area.”
Friday, Pirro moved to dismiss the felony destruction of property charge against David Hearn and indicated the Interior Department misled her office into accusing Hearn of damaging the pool liner.
Instead, she said, the company contracted to do the refurbishment quickly had poorly installed the new liner, which started peeling after installation.
Pirro’s admission was not only a complete contradiction of her and President Donald Trump’s previous assertions, but it’s just the latest in a string of high-profile losses – leading to scrutiny online.
Mark Zaid, an attorney who focuses on national security cases, called the situation “absolutely embarrassing” for Pirro, adding: “I trust at least a public apology is forthcoming to all of those adversely affected by these frivolous prosecutions.”
Norman Ornstein, a political scientist at a conservative think tank, wrote on X: “She is utterly culpable and should be removed and disbarred.”
Ron Filipkowski, an attorney and editor of MediasTouch, also called for Pirro to be disbarred, saying, “It is absolutely indefensible and gross misconduct to rush through a criminal indictment for political reasons before an investigation has been completed, which resulted in false evidence being presented to a grand jury.”
Conservative political commentator Scott Jennings criticized the administration’s faulty evidence in the case, agreeing that Hearn is “owed an apology.”
“The administration looks like a monkey having intimate relations with a football,” Jennings told CNN’s “The Source” Friday evening.
Jennings added: “[Hearn] ought to sue anybody that he thinks he can to get his name back.”
When asked for comment on criticism, a spokesperson for Pirro’s office said: “The filing speaks for itself.”
Trump has become Liar in Chief…. Im fact everything coming out of this administration is basically lies.
Bob Barney TPT