No Evidence Fire at Judge’s Home Was Intentionally Set– legalinsurrection.com

On Saturday, a massive fire broke out at the Edisto Beach home of Diane Goodstein, a South Carolina Circuit Court judge who was born and raised in the Palmetto State.

Photos and videos from the scene show it being engulfed in flames and totally destroyed. Two family members and another person were in the home at the time of the blaze. They all escaped, thankfully, but sustained injuries:

Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein was walking her dogs on the beach in Edisto Island, S.C., about an hour south of Charleston, when the fire began, according to officials. Her husband, former state Sen. Arnold Goodstein, their son, Arnold Goodstein III, and one other occupant were forced to jump from the burning building from an elevated first floor to escape the blaze, officials said.

The three occupants were rescued by kayak from the home’s backyard due to the area’s marshy terrain, Colleton County Fire-Rescue told ABC News. One occupant was airlifted to Medical University of South Carolina hospital in Charleston and the other two were taken there via ground transportation, according to Colleton County Fire-Rescue.

UP IN FLAMES: Authorities are investigating the possibility of arson after the waterfront home of South Carolina Judge Diane Goodstein burned to the ground. Three people were reportedly injured. pic.twitter.com/ciPC7NgF7m

— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 6, 2025

A massive fire engulfed Judge Diane Goodstein’s home in South Carolina. Her husband broke multiple bones after jumping from the burning home. pic.twitter.com/7mMpihrgzD

— USA TODAY Video (@usatodayvideo) October 6, 2025

Almost immediately, the Usual Suspects sprang into action, blaming the Trump administration for criticizing Goldstein over a TRO she issued in early September that barred the state’s election commission from handing over its voter registration info to the DOJ:

Circuit Court judge Diane Goodstein issued a temporary restraining order to halt the process on Sept. 2, saying that “there is a likelihood that immediate and irreparable damage will result to Plaintiff if her personal information data is released in violation of her right to privacy.”

Harmeet Dhillon, DOJ Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, pushed back on the ruling at the time, vowing to press on:

🚨🚨🚨This @TheJusticeDept’s @CivilRights will not stand for a state court judge’s hasty nullification of our federal voting laws. I will allow nothing to stand in the way of our mandate to maintain clean voter rolls.

One Citizen, One Vote! 🤨 pic.twitter.com/g4OoNr2oyZ

— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) September 5, 2025

Between that, unconfirmed reports of Goodstein allegedly receiving threats after the ruling, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller harshly criticizing the judge in the Oregon National Guard case on the same day Goodstein’s house went up in flames, it was enough for the liberal outrage machine to do its thing:

A senior White House official accusing a federal judge — appointed by his own boss — of “insurrection” for ruling on a case isn’t just reckless. It’s authoritarian propaganda, plain and simple.

Stephen Miller should be fired. https://t.co/9IsJZoFNb2

— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) October 5, 2025

This is Newsom’s comms director:

A few weeks ago, one of Trump’s top DOJ officials publicly targeted this judge.

Today, the judge’s home is on fire. https://t.co/FEQb6zGubk pic.twitter.com/leD0G7bGoG

— Izzy Gardon (@iGardon) October 5, 2025

Trump, @StephenM and MAGA-world have been doxxing and threatening judges who rule against Trump, including Judge Goodstein.

Today, someone committed arson on the Judge’s home, severely injuring her husband and son.

Will Trump speak out against the extreme right that did this?? https://t.co/Dl8JcUted7

— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) October 6, 2025

Just yesterday @StephenM called judges “terrorists.” Now a judge’s home has burned after an explosion.

We need a full investigation, but it’s undeniable that this rhetoric is dangerous & it makes violence feel permissible. Is @realDonaldTrump going to say or do anything?? https://t.co/m35vZC0ebG

— Yassamin Ansari (@yassaminansari) October 6, 2025

MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace and Mary McCord tried to blame Trump for the fire at the house of the South Carolina judge.

In a proper society these people would be taken off the air. pic.twitter.com/yK8X6vSttX

— MAZE (@mazemoore) October 7, 2025

After the tweets from Newsom’s office in particular, however, Dhillon was alerted to alleged threats that DOJ staffers said they saw in the comments:

According to a screenshot, one ominous-sounding post from an X account that no longer exists declared, “I’m just saying Harmeet Dhillon’s address can’t be hard to find.” The screenshot also showed that after the person was asked what they were saying, they replied, “I’ll let you know in two weeks.”

Those posts appear to have been made in reply to a post from Izzy Gardon, Newsom’s communications director.

In response, Dhillon indicated she’d made some referrals to the U.S. Marshals office:

Threats against me are referred to
the US Marshals. There have been several tonight. We will tolerate no such threats by woke idiots, including those who work for @GavinNewsom.
Govern yourselves accordingly. FAFO.

— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) October 6, 2025

On Monday, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) announced that so far, they’d found no evidence that the fire was intentionally set, a message that SC Gov. Henry McMaster shared on X:

SLED Chief Mark Keel has announced that at this point in the investigation there is no evidence the horrific fire at Judge Goodstein’s Edisto home was intentionally set. I echo Chief Keel’s call for everyone to exercise good judgment and avoid sharing unverified information while the investigation continues.

SLED Chief Mark Keel has announced that at this point in the investigation there is no evidence the horrific fire at Judge Goodstein’s Edisto home was intentionally set. I echo Chief Keel’s call for everyone to exercise good judgment and avoid sharing unverified information while… https://t.co/Z5JU89YiIv

— Gov. Henry McMaster (@henrymcmaster) October 6, 2025

The news had Dhillon once again implicating Newsom’s comms guy in the alleged threats against her:

Oh really! Yet Gavin Newsom’s reckless punk staff decided to target me and @StephenM with baseless slurs about being responsible for this non-arson, leading to threats against me. Grossly irresponsible and intentionally endangering a federal law enforcement official. https://t.co/twfZ29SX93

— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) October 6, 2025

As a side note, most of the “reporting” and hyperventilating from the media and the left on this story leave out the very inconvenient fact that subsequent rulings in the case in the weeks that followed were against the plaintiff who had originally sued to stop the release of the information:

Sept. 11: SC Supreme Court lifts block on state from sharing voter data with DOJ

Oct. 1: Circuit Court judge sides with SC in case over voter data release to DOJ

The investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing. We’ll keep you posted on developments.

– Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via X. –

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