{
  "id": 15954479,
  "title": "Olympic canoeist's lawyers urge DOJ inspector general to reconsider Reflecting Pool case probe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/olympic-canoeists-lawyers-urge-doj-inspector-general-to-reconsider",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-21T20:59:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6164028-reflecting-pool-vandalism-trump-doj-pirro-hearn/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Lawyers who represented Olympic canoeist David Hearn in a now-defunct criminal case alleging he vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are urging the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) internal watchdog to reconsider a probe into how the indictment and prosecution were handled. A letter sent Wednesday from Hearn's legal team to Inspector General Don Berthiaume said...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}