The White House is reportedly pressing federal prosecutors to open another case against a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after President Donald Trump publicly raged against U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s decision to drop charges.

The Department of Justice is exploring whether to pursue additional charges against David Hearn, according to The Wall Street Journal, despite explicit admissions from administration officials shared with Pirro’s office that the damage to the pool’s newly applied lining was likely due to “botched installation.”

Trump spent the weekend insisting that vandals damaged the pool, including posting court documents on Truth Social stating that a “highly credible witness” saw 67-year-old former Olympian canoeist David Hearn “violently” rip the pool’s new blue lining.

Last week, the judge overseeing the case against Hearn agreed to dismiss charges against him and will hold a hearing next month on whether the dismissal should be granted “with prejudice,” which would prevent the Justice Department from charging him for the same alleged conduct.

In a stunning court filing asking for charges to be dropped against him, Pirro’s office admitted that the Trump-requested “American flag blue” sealant at the bottom of the pool started to peel “almost immediately” after the work was completed following renovations to the site last month.

The Department of Interior “provided less than fulsome information at the outset of this case,” according to the filing from Pirro’s office.

It was not until after the indictment was filed that the agency determined that the “damage was the result of a botched installation and not vandalism,” the filing states.

"The government is continuing to attack an innocent man,” lawyers Hearn said in a statement to The Independent on Monday following the president’s latest attacks.

“Our first filing in the case on July 10 included photographic evidence from before Mr. Hearn touched the Reflecting Pool proving that he caused no damage,” according to the statement from his legal team, which includes Norm Eisen of Democracy Defenders Fund, Mary Dohrmann of Washington Litigation Group and Steve Levin of Steptoe LLP.

“Our other filings provided even more proof. Finally, the U.S. attorney’s own motion on July 31 admitted the damage was caused by a ‘botched installation and not vandalism.’ We are reviewing all legal remedies, including for this continued harassment,” they added. “It is outrageous.”

This is a developing story