A fire over the weekend that burned down the home of South Carolina Circuit Court judge Diane Goodstein is being investigated as possible arson, after the judge reportedly received death threats, per Time Magazine.
The judge was not home at the time of the fire, but her husband — former Democratic state senator Arnold Goodstein — and their son were both reportedly injured.
The members of the family had been rescued via kayak, the report said.
“Last month, Goodstein had temporarily blocked the state’s election commission from releasing its voter files to the Department of Justice, a decision that was openly criticized by Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon and later reversed by the state Supreme Court,” Time Magazine reported, citing FITSnews.
TIME MAG – “The 69-year-old judge had received death threats in the weeks leading up to the fire…” (Stephen Miller in particular has been lashing out at judges)https://t.co/PjQyzrebgh pic.twitter.com/enxpAS6myv
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) October 6, 2025
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It’s not clear who may have carried out the actual fire, if it was in fact arson.
“If the fire at the judge’s house turns out to be targeted, it may mark the latest incident of a startling rise in political violence in the U.S.,’ Time Magazine said. “And while the Trump Administration has blamed the left’s rhetoric for inspiring violence such as the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, an attack on a judge would come as the Administration has increasingly vilified the judiciary, blasting judges that rule against it as “U.S.A-hating‘ insurrectionists.”
Fire destroys home of judge who ruled against Trump. Family escapes with injuries. Field Marshal Miller declines to call out violence. https://t.co/BJLeh5PTJP
— Arkansas Blog (@ArkansasBlog) October 6, 2025
Per The Daily Beast, White House adviser Stephen Miller has “melted down” at the implication that MAGA elements may have. been responsible for the fire at the judge’s home.
When Democratic Congressman Daniel Goldman of New York called out Trump, Miller and “MAGA world” of “doxxing and threatening judges who rule against Trump, including Judge Goodstein,” Miller responded angrily, calling the implication “deeply warped and vile.”
You are vile. Deeply warped and vile. While the Trump Administration has launched the first-ever government-wide effort to combat and prosecute illegal doxing, sinister threats and political violence you continue to push despicable lies, demented smears, malicious defamation and…
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) October 6, 2025
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