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Jeanine Pirro's wild threat over Reflecting Pool sparks mockery: 'Going to get hilarious'

Raw Story

June 21, 2026

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Jeanine Pirro's wild threat over Reflecting Pool sparks mockery: 'Going to get hilarious'

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., issued a wild threat to a prominent journalist during a recent interview on Fox News with Peter Doocy that was sharply mocked by political analysts and commentators. Doocy asked Pirro on The Sunday Briefing whether ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl would face criminal charges after he held up a piece of the peeling Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during a recent report. The question came at a time when the Trump administration is trying to find a scapegoat for the shoddy renovation work, the cost of which had ballooned to more than 14 million from the initial projections of 1.8 million, according to reports. Judge, is Jonathan Karl from ABC in trouble? Doocy asked. It depends, Pirro said. Anyone who is in a position of vandalizing or attempting to vandalize the reflecting pool will face the criminal justice system.Pirro's comments were sharply mocked online by observers who noted that Pirro's prosecutorial record suggests that any case against Karl may be over before it begins. One thing @USAttyPirro will have to do to prosecute these cases is prove there was damage -- that is, prove the value of the so-called fixes, and prove they were still in place when the alleged damage happened, journalist Marcy Wheeler posted on X. That's going to get hilarious quickly.They are literally nuts. America is being run by a bunch of wild, lying, conspiracy theory-loving hooligans! opinion columnist Sophia Nelson posted on X. What are the odds we ultimately hear this got attempted and no-true-billed? CNN senior political reporter Aaron Blake posted on X. I know I feel safer! Dean Baker, senior economist at the Center for Economic Policy Research, posted on X. Doocy: Is Jonathan Karl in trouble?Pirro: Anyone who is in a position of vandalizing or attempting to vandalize the reflecting pool will face the criminal justice system. There are several citations that have been handed out individuals, and these are cases that will be pic.twitter.com/T6N39RiEiK— Acyn (@Acyn) June 21, 2026

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