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October 6, 2025

Authorities Probing Alleged Arson Attack at Home of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Admin
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Authorities in South Carolina have launched an investigation after the
home of South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein was set on
fire. The judge was not home at the time, but three members of her
family have been hospitalized, including her husband, a former
Democratic state senator. Judge Goodstein had received death threats
recently after President Trump's Assistant Attorney General Harmeet
Dhillon criticized the judge for temporarily blocking the state's
election commission from releasing its voter files to the Department of
Justice.


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