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Investigators find no evidence of arson at South Carolina judge, ex-senator’s beachfront home
NY Post ^

Posted on 10/06/2025 4:54:25 PM PDT by TigerClaws

Investigators have found no evidence suggesting the inferno that ripped through the waterfront home of a South Carolina judge and her ex-senator husband on Saturday was intentionally set, according to authorities.

Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein’s Edisto Beach home went up in flames around midday, forcing her husband, former state Sen. Arnold Goodstein (D-Charleston), to jump from the first floor to escape the blaze, the Post and Courier reported.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: arnoldgoodstein; dianegoodstein; edistobeach; southcarolina
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Many blamed Trump supporters. Will they apologize now?
1 posted on 10/06/2025 4:54:25 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

Do they ever apologize?


2 posted on 10/06/2025 4:58:53 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (Liberalism is a cancer on our nation.)
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To: TigerClaws

The media was quick to push the “possible arson” and “judge who overturned Trump” memes yesterday. They know many who ingested those memes will not see the quiet update falsifying those beliefs.


3 posted on 10/06/2025 4:58:57 PM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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To: TigerClaws

Dan Goldman owes Steven Miller an apology what he said was borderline slander if Steven wasn’t such a public figure


4 posted on 10/06/2025 4:59:39 PM PDT by Lod881019
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To: TigerClaws

An insurance fire...


5 posted on 10/06/2025 4:59:54 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER REV; NIEMOLLER)
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To: Nextrush

A job for Johnny Dollar, insurance investigator.


6 posted on 10/06/2025 5:06:29 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: TigerClaws

That area of Edisto Island is so filled with security gates and Ring cams, you’d have to be insane to try to burn someone’s house down.


7 posted on 10/06/2025 5:07:41 PM PDT by struggle
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“ An insurance fire...”

with most of the family inside? Possible but not likely.

8 posted on 10/06/2025 5:36:57 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: circlecity

Did they have an EV in the garage or maybe an e-bike?


9 posted on 10/06/2025 5:46:51 PM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: TigerClaws

The media was doing their darndest to blame it on MAGA.


10 posted on 10/06/2025 5:53:10 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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‘...jump from the first floor.’ Why, just walk out on the first floor. Now, the second or third floor, yeah, he’d need to jump, but the first floor?


11 posted on 10/06/2025 6:14:07 PM PDT by curious7
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To: circlecity

To paraphrase Freud, sometimes a fire is just a fire.


12 posted on 10/06/2025 6:16:34 PM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: TigerClaws

Reichstein fire? Really?


13 posted on 10/06/2025 6:18:07 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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“… but the first floor?”

Coastal house built on piers.


14 posted on 10/06/2025 6:33:20 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.”)
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To: curious7

it’s a South Carolina beach house,, google a picture of one


15 posted on 10/06/2025 6:53:43 PM PDT by Lib-Lickers 2
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To: VanShuyten

indeed ... the jump was the equivalent of a two story jump, and the husband was VERY badly injured with broken legs and broken hip ...


16 posted on 10/06/2025 6:56:40 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: TigerClaws

17 posted on 10/06/2025 7:26:02 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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Well, the headline was true... but lies by implication.

“Judge Who Opposed Trump Has Home Burned to Ground” would have been even stronger with the mislead.


18 posted on 10/06/2025 7:33:27 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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“1st floor”

Most houses there are on stilts to protect them from hurricane storm surge flooding. So, the 1st floor is often 12’ above the ground.


19 posted on 10/07/2025 1:21:40 AM PDT by PilotDave (No, really, you just can't make this stuff up!!)
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To: TigerClaws

Past-tense?

‘They’ BLAME. Case in point here: Democrat Congressman Daniel Goldman.

Judge speaks out after her $1.5m mansion ‘exploded’ in suspected arson attack after she defied Trump order

“Democrat Congressman Daniel Goldman took to X to slam Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller for ‘doxxing’ judges.

‘Stephen Miller and MAGA-world have been doxxing and threatening judges who rule against Trump, including Judge Goodstein,’ Goldman wrote.

‘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://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15166343/Judge-south-carolina-mansion-exploded-diane-goodstein.html


20 posted on 10/07/2025 5:45:38 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 "/!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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