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Fury Erupts as Karen Bass Avoids the Witness Stand in Palisades Fire Trial
New York Post ^ | June 8, 2026 | Jeremy Louwerse

Posted on 06/08/2026 2:56:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Karen Bass will escape being asked under oath about her actions leading up to The Palisades Fire at the trial of the man accused of starting the blaze which destroyed the beachfront enclave and killed 12.

The trial against Uber driver Jonathan Rinderknecht started Monday with jury deliberations, where Judge Anne Hwang read out the witness list including dozens of names.

But the embattled Los Angeles mayor, who it currently in a tight reelection fight, was not mentioned. Prosecutors claim Rinderknecht ignited the most expensive wildfire in US history, killing 12 people, torching thousands of homes and causing $150 billion in damages in January 2025.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: 1partyrule; awol; bassisincompetent; corruption; ghanatrip; karenbass; karenbasura; losangeles; mayor; notready; onepartyrule; palisadesfire; wildfire

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1 posted on 06/08/2026 2:56:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Fury?

As in voting her back in?


2 posted on 06/08/2026 2:58:44 PM PDT by stanne
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To: stanne
As in voting her back in?

I think you mean Frauding her back in.

3 posted on 06/08/2026 3:05:50 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminisheRs the human spirit.)
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To: nickcarraway

Bass and NewSCUM should have been charged as co conspirators to 12 counts of first degree murder. They burned the Palisades to the ground deliberately in order to fill it with low income housing that way they can both claim they solved the housing crisis in this city. Also, the law here is that property taxes you pay based on what you paid for your home at the time of purchase, NOT what its worth today..so easy peasy, burn these multi million dollars down which might have been purchased 30 yrs ago, they have to rebuild and if its worth 3 mil thats the value your property taxes will be taxed


4 posted on 06/08/2026 3:20:47 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Pontiac

Whatever it means, the fury is meaningless.


5 posted on 06/08/2026 3:21:21 PM PDT by stanne
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To: nickcarraway

Isn’t she the one who didn’t fill the hydrants with water?


6 posted on 06/08/2026 3:39:51 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: nickcarraway

Does she care?

Of course not, she’s cruising to another term.


7 posted on 06/08/2026 3:41:58 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: stanne

Thinkin exactly the same thing-


8 posted on 06/08/2026 4:15:06 PM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, Fruit flies like a banana)
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To: stanne

Election fraud is putting her back in.


9 posted on 06/08/2026 5:00:26 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

NBC NEWS SAYS HIS PUNISHMENT CAN ONLY BE 5 YEARS IN PRISON......


10 posted on 06/08/2026 5:25:14 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Libloather
Isn’t she the one who didn’t fill the hydrants with water?

She was also on a trip to Ghana (probably taxpayer-funded) when it happened, and she was in no hurry to get back, she was gonna enjoy that vacation!

That kind of uncaring, arrogant incompetence just drives people bonkers!!


11 posted on 06/08/2026 5:32:29 PM PDT by canuck_conservative (Russia lies all the time)
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That kind of uncaring, arrogant incompetence just drives people bonkers!!

So bonkers, she'll probably win in a landslide.

12 posted on 06/08/2026 7:21:15 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: nickcarraway

Kalifornistan is a failed state. What an utter disgrace.


13 posted on 06/08/2026 8:39:29 PM PDT by vpintheak (The left is violence.)
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To: Steely Tom

Not by real votes from citizens, but through fraud.


14 posted on 06/08/2026 10:35:53 PM PDT by antceecee ( )
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