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The Justice Department's case against U.S. Olympian David Hearn for alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is falling apart. A court found the government failed to preserve material evidence that could prove his innocence.
A federal case against U.S. Olympian David Hearn for alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial is falling apart. A court found that the Justice Department failed to preserve material evidence that could prove his innocence—a serious prosecutorial misconduct violation.
This is a direct breach of discovery obligations. The DOJ didn't just lose evidence; the court concluded the government concealed or failed to maintain exculpatory material, which is a constitutional violation. Hearn's case is one of dozens stemming from January 6th prosecutions, and similar evidence handling problems are surfacing across the docket. It suggests systemic problems in how the DOJ managed materials in these cases, not isolated mistakes.
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