Trump Makes Bombshell New Move Over Reflecting Pool

The White House is pushing the Justice Department to revive a discredited case against an innocent man accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool as Donald Trump continues to fume over the debacle.

One day after Todd Blanche was sworn in to lead the Justice Department, White House officials have reportedly asked the DOJ to consider a new prosecution against Olympic canoeist David Hearn, despite the earlier case being thrown out.

Trump's handpicked U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro dropped the charges against Hearn earlier this month after finding damage to the iconic landmark wasn't caused by vandalism at all, but rather by a botched job from Trump's own contractor.

But according to the Wall Street Journal, the department is now exploring whether another type of case could be mounted, potentially based on lower-level misdemeanor allegations.

The move is yet another attempt by the president and his team to blame vandals for damaging one of his most talked-up vanity projects, which has now ballooned in taxpayer costs from about $1.5 million to more than $15 million.

In a statement to the Daily Beast, the Olympian's co-counsel, Norm Eisen of Democracy Defenders Fund, Mary Dohrmann of Washington Litigation Group, and Steve Levin of Steptoe LLP, said that, "if true, it would mark a shocking first: a case that the DOJ lost by its own admission because it lacked the evidence to convict returning from the dead."

"This would add another bizarre turn to a sad chapter in the DOJ's history and further harass an innocent man," they said.

However, while the case against Hearn was dismissed, the judge left one question open: whether it was with or without prejudice.

"Without prejudice" means he could be charged again whenever the president wants, said Eisen.

"We are asking the court to close that door," the attorney told MSNBC.

According to the Journal, the new discussions haven't reached his level yet, instead taking place within the Justice Department's criminal division.