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‘Go to jail!’ Enraged Trump threatens Reflecting Pool ‘vandals’ as he rips his own DOJ

President Donald Trump lashed out at his own Justice Department in a Truth Social post, insisting again that vandals damaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, although federal prosecutors concluded months ago that a botched installation was to blame. Trump blamed the dismissal of the vandalism charges, which U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office…

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