A lawyer for the Olympian arrested at Washington's reflecting pool says his client is a scapegoat who was targeted to distract Americans from the Trump administration's failures.

Three-time U.S. Olympian David Hearn said police arrested him after he touched a piece of blue coating partially detached from the Reflecting Pool.

‘We've already heard many lies from this administration,’ US Olympian David Hearn said. ‘That's just another lie’