华盛顿特区美国检察官珍妮·皮尔罗(Jeanine Pirro)周三向记者发泄了沮丧,因为她一再拒绝回答有关唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)总统让她陷入困境的一个话题的问题:他要求她重新审查现已被驳回的针对前奥运选手大卫·赫恩(David Hearn)的林肯纪念堂反思池故意破坏案。
在一次涉及针对中国诈骗中心的不相关打击行动的新闻发布会上,皮尔罗在至少三次交流中打断了记者,只要他们提到赫恩的案件。
当被美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)问及她是否计划按照特朗普的要求重新考虑针对赫恩的反思池案件时,皮尔洛打断道:“啊——为什么我知道会这样?”
“特朗普总统已经明确表示,这对他非常重要,”美国广播公司新闻部回应道。
“你知道主席有权决定他想做什么,什么是重要的,”皮尔洛回答说。
当另一名记者随后跟进并试图询问赫恩的情况时,皮尔洛再次打断道:“不,我不去那里!甚至不要去那里。”
有一次,在一名记者做了最后一次尝试后,皮尔洛喊道,“不!没有也没有!....我要说多少次不?!"
皮尔罗的新闻发布会是自她8月份出人意料地驳回对赫恩的重罪指控以来的第一次。在一份文件中,Pirro承认对反射池的损坏可能是由“拙劣的”安装造成的,而不是由破坏者造成的。
此举引起了特朗普的愤怒,他说皮罗在处理案件时“哽咽”,后来拒绝排除解雇皮罗的可能性,他敦促皮罗“重新审视”指控赫恩的决定。
特朗普在8月7日的社交媒体上写道:“美国检察官珍妮·皮尔洛应该重新审视她匆忙做出的决定(驳回对赫恩的起诉)。”
之前监督赫恩案件的法官目前正在权衡托迪是否“带着偏见”放弃此案,这将有效地阻止检察官寻求对赫恩的另一项起诉。
赫恩的律师表示,特朗普仍然在推动反思池周围事件的“错误版本”,支持他们的观点,即政府应该被阻止再次起诉。
'How many times do I have to say no?!': Pirro dodges questions on Reflecting Pool case at news conference
D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro vented frustration at reporters on Wednesday as she repeatedly refused to answer questions about a topic that has landed her in hot water with President Donald Trump: his demands that she revisit thenow-dismissed Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism caseagainst former Olympian David Hearn.
In a news conference involving an unrelated crackdown targeting Chinese scam centers, Pirro interrupted reporters in at least three exchanges as soon as they mentioned Hearn's case.
Asked by ABC News if she plans to revisit the Reflecting Pool case against Hearn per Trump's request, Pirro interrupted: "Ah -- why did I know that was coming?"
"President Trump has made clear that this is very important to him," ABC News responded.
"And you know the president has the right to decide what he wants to do and what is important," Pirro replied.
When another reporter later followed up and attempted to ask about Hearn's case, Pirro again interrupted, "No, I'm not going there! Don't even go there."
At one point, after a reporter made another final attempt, Pirro yelled, "No! No and no! .... How many times do I have to say no?!"
Pirro's news conference is the first since her surprise move to dismiss the felony indictment against Hearn in August. In a filing, Pirro admitted that damage to the Reflecting Pool was likely caused by "botched" installation and not by vandals.
The moveprompted outrage from Trumpwho said Pirro "choked" in her handling of the case, and later refused to rule out firing Pirro who he urged to "re-visit" the decision to charge Hearn.
"U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro should re-visit her hastily made decision [to dismiss Hearn's indictment]," Trump wrote in an Aug. 7 post on social media.
The judge who previously oversaw Hearn's case is currently weighing whether todismiss the case "with prejudice,"which would effectively bar prosecutors from seeking another indictment against Hearn.
Hearn's attorneys have saidthat Trump is still pushing a "false version" of the events around the Reflecting Pool, bolstering their argument that the government should be blocked from pursuing charges again.





