President Donald Trump publicly rebuked Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia and a former longtime Fox News television host, over her decision to drop charges against U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn related to alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

In a post on Truth Social on Saturday, Trump wrote: "I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro. I don't know what she was thinking?" The post was published on his Truth Social account.

The dispute centers on Pirro's decision to dismiss the case against Hearn, who had been charged in connection with damage to a renovation of the Reflecting Pool, the landmark body of water on the National Mall supervised by the National Park Service. On Friday, Pirro acknowledged in a court filing in D.C. Superior Court that damage to the pool's sealant had been caused by "flawed installation." She stated that there was evidence to "significantly undermine the evidentiary basis for the indictment."

Trump strongly rejected that conclusion. "To me, it was a pure case of VANDALISM, that included the grass, which had a big 86 47 emblazoned in giant letters on it, and other elements of the surrounding area," Trump wrote. "There may have been some contractor difficulty, but the major damage was caused by VANDALS! President DJT." The phrase "86 47" appears to reference Trump's position as the 47th president, with "86" being common American slang for eliminating or getting rid of something.

Pirro, who was nominated by Trump to serve as the top federal prosecutor in the nation's capital, is the latest in a series of former Fox News personalities turned administration officials to draw the president's public ire. The D.C. U.S. Attorney's office is structurally unique among federal prosecutors, handling both federal and local criminal cases in the District and operating under direct presidential appointment, making it one of the most closely watched prosecutor positions in the country. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, also a former Fox News host, previously drew Trump's anger over an incident in which Poland was reportedly mistakenly targeted after tensions involving Germany arose. (Yahoo News)

National security adviser Michael Waltz, another administration official, also sparked controversy after inadvertently adding The Atlantic's editor-in-chief to a Signal group chat with senior national security officials discussing imminent military strikes in Yemen. (NBC News)

The public disagreement over the Reflecting Pool case marks a notable rift between Trump and one of his most vocal longtime media allies, raising questions about the independence of the U.S. Attorney's office for the District of Columbia. The episode is unusual in that presidents have historically refrained from publicly commenting on pending or recently closed criminal cases, a norm rooted in the Justice Department's traditional posture of prosecutorial independence.