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Judge dismisses Reflecting Pool case permanently, cites risk Trump will force new charges
President Donald Trump had criticized D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro after she moved to drop the Reflecting Pool case.
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All three outlets focus on the judge’s order in the Reflecting Pool case and agree that the charges cannot be brought again. CNBC is the most neutral, using the headline language of dismissal and a bar on refiling, while NBC News foregrounds Jeanine Pirro’s office and says the ban followed Trump’s pressure campaign. The Independent alone adds quoted language from the judge describing Trump’s demands as “simply fanciful” and calling the case “meritless.”
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