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SC Law Enforcement Division: No Evidence Fire at Judge’s Home Was Intentionally Set

SC Law Enforcement Division: No Evidence Fire at Judge’s Home Was Intentionally Set

“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. “
Posted by Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 11:00am
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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.

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:

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:

This is Newsom’s comms director:

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:

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.

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

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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Crawford | October 8, 2025 at 11:42 am

Immaterial. The left will maintain it was “right wing terrorism” because their cult requires it be so.

There was a suicide a couple of weeks ago that the agitators are trying to claim was a lynching. Black sheriff — it was suicide. Black coroner — it was suicide. THERE’S VIDEO OF THE SUICIDE, but Crump and his like are trying to claim it was a lynching.

They are DESPERATE for a reason to get idiots worked up and desperate. Be careful out there.

alaskabob | October 8, 2025 at 12:02 pm

Never let a dying ember go to waste. Visually, a massive fire. Newsom and Bass are personally familiar with such conflagrations.

Dolce Far Niente | October 8, 2025 at 12:05 pm

The left is completely aware that the low-info middle is becoming overly aware of how violent and deadly the Left’s tools are becoming.

It is vitally important for them to find any excuse to blame the Right for the violence, when in truth the only violence is being done to Teh Narrative™

This inversion of reality has been repeated ad nauseum in all the race hoaxes over recent years (the Right hates blacks!), as well as the whitewashing of the Muslim threat to gays (the Right hates gays!).

B | October 8, 2025 at 12:20 pm

That’s a heck of a fire ….. if/when they find the source, it will be interesting. Lots of wood?

    stevewhitemd in reply to B. | October 8, 2025 at 12:30 pm

    My wife and I until recently owned a home in the Outer Banks, not too far away. Yes, these houses have a lot of wood, and when one of them burns (I’ve seen a couple) it can be spectacular. My bet is an electrical fire that started underneath. These houses are on stilts so there’s plenty of airflow to feed a starting fire.

MoeHowardwasright | October 8, 2025 at 2:11 pm

They had to jump from the 30’ up to escape. Husband had multiple fractures to both legs and hips. Home was sited on a small island within a marshy/swap area. Typical low country. My opinion is that there was a propane leak under the main deck in the stilts area. That would account for the rapid rate the fire accelerated. My bet is a 20lb propane tank for a grill started leaking and found an ignition source. Bet their vehicles were parked underneath too.

ztakddot | October 8, 2025 at 5:55 pm

Democrats especially the CA scum are the worse sort of people. They should all just shrivel up and die. The sooner the better.

Martin | October 8, 2025 at 8:37 pm

Another chance to use the Not Shocked Face Emoji and I still can’t find it.

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