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Trump prosecutor taken to school by defense in Reflecting Pool case: 'Exactly backwards'

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The defense counsel in the Trump administration's Reflecting Pool vandalism case were forced to school the prosecution on how grand jury secrecy rules work. The case concerns Olympic canoeist David "Davey" Hearn, who is charged by federal prosecutors with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after its controversial renovation on President Donald Trump's orders. Hearn denies doing any damage to the pool, and one key witness stated the damage existed before Hearn was even there . According to NBC News justice correspondent Ryan J. Reilly, Hearn's defense counsel had to remind Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Reddington in a scathing court filing that grand jury secrecy only applies to the prosecution — not to the defense. "The government seeks to extend its government-specific Rule 6(e) obligations to the defense, asserting that the defense 'cho[se] not to honor Rule 6(e)' when it discussed grand jury testimony in its filing," wrote the defense. "But the government has Rule 6(e) ex

First report: Witness in Reflecting Pool case conceded damage before canoeist touched water — nbcnews.com, 14d