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

[sheshe2]

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

— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-06-21T21:53:18.000Z

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.

Link to tweet

https://www.rawstory.com/jeanine-pirro-2677071428/

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Does that include the asshole that thought it would be cool to chauffeured in the Beast with a caravan of cars in tow through the unfinished reflecting pool? That had to have caused damage. LOCK HIM UP, Jeeeannie!

[B.See]

1. What? That really happened?

I thought it was satire.

[sheshe2]

3. Nope.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

10. I thought so too,

turns out it really did happen.

[Goonch]

2. ;-{) THIS

[Lovie777]

4. Wonder how these people got law degrees...............

[paleotn]

15. And we thought the Bar was a high bar.

Apparently not.

[Initech]

5. God, Fox News people are insufferably weird.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

8. Cracker Jacks.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

6. Oh goody,

just more prosecutions that wine box Pirro will lose.
Sit back, relax, grab a bag of popcorn and a soda and enjoy the shit show.

I don't think there's a jury in DC that will convict anyone wine box chooses to prosecute, she's lost all credibility.

[MerryBlooms]

9. More of our tax dollars being flushed with her nonsense

[sheshe2]

11. Lol, IKR! 🤣

Shouldn't she be going after donnie and his 8 car entourage for driving the length of the reflecting pool? The Beast alone weighs 20,000 lbs!

[oasis]

24. 100% that!!!

[Johonny]

7. She likes to lose in court

[struggle4progress]

12. Forget about Epstein! Sick leftist perverts are sucking all the blue from the reflecting pool's bottom.!

[FakeNoose]

13. How about when somebody vandalizes the White House?

Asking for a country ....

[Just Jerome]

14. The Three Stooges'

Plumber episode made more sense.

[MarcoZandrini]

16. Pirro.....

…couldn’t get a ham sandwich indicted in Televiv.

[LudwigPastorius]

17. Go back to you box of wine and stfu, you hack.

[sheshe2]

19. Perfect! 🤣

[LisaL]

18. I don't find it hilarious if they are arresting

and prosecuting people for this supposed vandalism.

[B.See]

20. Another reason why it's really no laughing matter is because this is just another forecast of

what tRump is planning on doing come midterms.

Fact is, throughout his whole toxic wh OCCUPATION he's consistently used lies and outright made up SHIT to lend legitimacy to his many atrocities:

lies about 'them bringing criminals, rapists and drugs' in order to persecute immigrants,

lies about illegal voting and a so-called 'stolen election' to rig and 'take over' the vote,

lies about dei and the qualification of Black and minority workers in order to turn back the clock via disenfranchisement and the reestablishment of job and workplace discrimination,

lies about people eating cats and dogs to demonize an entire group of people,

lies used to justify murder on the high seas,

lies told about the media to silence his critics and hobble a free 6press,

lies used to justify abducting a foreign leader, starting a war, bombing a girl's school,

lies about inner city crime to justify armed occupations with secret police and the suspension of due process,

lies about fraud to enable tRump to pursue his political enemies, to seize ballots and voter data...

all the above and more.

The criminal con-man has and would make up ANY lie to cover for and justify ANY of his illegal, unconstitutional, and despicable VENDETTAS.. his acts of terrorism and fascist authoritarianism.

And come midterms, he'll conjure up MORE lies to justify putting armed forces in BLUE communities - for the sole purpose of intimidating voters, and to obstruct, disrupt, or shut down the process.

Count on it.

[Happy Hoosier]

21. "Mr Defendant, did you touch the government-owned algae-covered paint ship?" NT

[Aristus]

22. She'll see the stupidity of this when she sobers up.

In other words: never.

[Oneironaut]

23. I try not to be a CT, but l, this seems intentional.

They needed a scapegoat and were waiting to pounce. I wouldn’t be surprised if the these people get called “Antifa” by the DOJ. This is all pathetic.

[Boo1]

25. The DoJ and Pirro will be embarrassed again

When these cases are all laughed out of court.

Just like yhe sandwich guy, but these are worse.

Everyone they charge should sue.

[CincyDem]

26. Grand Jury is probably already inking up their "No Bill" stamp.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. These prosecutions will be just as successful and the subway guy's prosecution

[sheshe2]

28. That is spot on!!!!!!!

[Vinca]

34. It really is heartbreaking about the poor ducks. What an asshole.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

29. Go home Pirro

You're drunk again.

[sheshe2]

30. ... 🤪

[tavernier]

33. I loved that!!

The difference of course is that Cecile Strong is beautiful and not a drunk, unlike Piro.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

31. This case will never make it to a grand jury

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. MaddowBlog-Scrambling to avoid blame for Reflecting Pool fiasco, Trump's defense turns farcical

The debacle has become a metaphor of sorts, but not the one the president had in mind.

For Trump, the Reflecting Pool was supposed to be a totemic success story, demonstrating that his unique approach to problem-solving is fundamentally superior to his predecessors’.

This one project would serve as a metaphor for how awesome his awesomeness is.

Oops.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-06-23T13:15:51.138Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-reflecting-pool-fiasco-defense

There is a degree of irony surrounding Donald Trump’s Reflecting Pool fiasco. For months, the president obsessed over the renovation project, framing it as a metaphor for how awesome his awesomeness is: The Republican would tackle a lingering problem that vexed previous administrations, while delivering impressive results quickly and cheaply.....

With this in mind, the president came to realize in recent days that he needed an excuse — or preferably villains who could shoulder the blame for his own failures.

To that end, he began assuring the public over the weekend that he had succeeded beautifully, but that “vandals” intervened and ruined his triumph. At an unrelated White House event on Monday afternoon, the president went further, alleging nefarious criminals — some armed with “probably a box cutter or a knife of some kind” — attacked the Reflecting Pool with fertilizer and “did something to create the algae.”

The administration said five people were arrested on charges of vandalism, though without more information, it’s nearly impossible to say whether these people actually did anything wrong or whether they were charged as part of an inherently political exercise.

As is usually the case with Trump’s more outlandish claims, he has provided no evidence. At his Oval Office event on Monday afternoon, the president suggested the evidence exists, but he’s not yet prepared to share it.

Trump: I can't help it if somebody goes in with a knife and starts hacking it up. Uh... and we also have pictures of it.

Q: Can you release the photos?

Trump: At the right time you'll see it. You'll see it in court.

— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) 2026-06-22T20:41:36.507704516Z

......For good measure, the president also decided to whine about Barack Obama as part of the same clumsy presentation, though it wasn’t altogether clear why.

O'KEEFE: You said the guy was gonna do the reflecting poll in a week for about a million dollars. It's been two months and .5 million


TRUMP: Are you ready? Barack Hussein Obama

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-22T20:26:19.660Z

Indeed, one of the most amazing things about this story is the number of familiar boxes it checks. Trump fails to deliver on bold promises? Check. He relies on no-bid contracts and a rushed process that fell apart? Check. He concocts weird theories about his perceived enemies? Check. He desperately spins a fantastical tale with evolving details in the hopes of avoiding blame for his own failure? Check. His aligned prosecutors scramble to help justify his dubious claims with equally dubious charges? Check.