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Trump DOJ's botched prosecution 'anathema' to the office it came from: former prosecutor

Trump DOJ's botched prosecution 'anathema' to the office it came from: former prosecutor

A former Jack Smith prosecutor said the Justice Department's prosecution of an Olympian was "anathema" to the very office that brought the case.

During a Saturday interview on the Legal AF podcast, Mary Dorman talked about how the DOJ she knew would feel about the case against Davey Hearn, who was indicted for allegedly touching the damaged Reflecting Pool. Dorman is Hearn's co-counsel and is a principal at the Washington Litigation Group. She also served on Jack Smith's special counsel team.

The DOJ moved to dismiss its charges against Hearn after it conceded it couldn't prove that Hearn damaged the lining, though Dorman noted that the case can still come back. She said the prosecution violated everything the office she "grew up in" once represented....