The Trump administration dropped a felony charge against the U.S. Olympic canoeist accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.⁠ ⁠ In a motion to dismiss a count of destruction of property against David “Davey” Hearn, the government admitted for the first time the damage was “a result of flawed installation by the contractor," new information showed.⁠ ⁠ "It was not until after these documents were produced that USAO-DC first became aware of information showing that the damage was the result of a botched installation and not vandalism as initially represented by DOI,” the filing states.⁠ ⁠ Hearn stopped at the Reflecting Pool during a bike ride June 19 and touched a piece of coating he saw was already detached in the pool, he previously told NBC News. He was arrested and detained for five hours.⁠ ⁠ U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro claimed then that Hearn was seen “forcefully and violently pulling up and removing the bottom liner” of the pool with both hands.⁠ ⁠ “The Gov...