MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace suggested a pro-Trump arsonist was behind the blaze that flattened a South Carolina judge’s home—after authorities had already announced there was “no evidence to indicate the fire was intentionally set.”
“And with little details known at this time, law enforcement has been asked to provide extra security after the incident. It comes amid a surge in hostility and threats against judges, as well as criticism directly from the Trump administration, including for Judge [Diane] Goodstein,” Wallace said. She noted that Goodstein “reportedly faced death threats after a high-profile ruling against the Trump administration.”
Wallace then let her guest, Mary McCord, who served as an acting assistant attorney general in the Biden administration, advance the disproven theory. “It’s looking like arson,” she said.
“When you just put together the facts you showed in your intro, I mean, I think the first thing many of us think is, was this intentionally done because of that ruling?” McCord said. “But we don’t know that yet, right? That would be speculation.”
McCord then speculated: “If it turns out that this was motivated because of a judicial ruling that went against the Trump administration, this will be another escalation, of course, in what we’re seeing when it comes to political violence.”
Instead of pushing back, Wallace asked McCord to detail how an ensuing FBI probe would unfold. Even though she theorized at length, the former Biden official acknowledged that “the first thing” investigators would determine is whether arson was at play.
Indeed, more than an hour before the MSNBC segment, State Law Enforcement Division chief Mark Keel said “there is no evidence to indicate the fire was intentionally set.”
The Saturday blaze flattened Goodstein’s Edisto Island home, injuring three and forcing those inside to jump into the swamp below to escape. A month earlier, Goodstein blocked the South Carolina Election Commission from sharing voter data with the U.S. Department of Justice.
This is just the latest instance of MSNBC personalities falsely accusing conservatives of political violence. Misinformation reporter Brandy Zadrozny falsely suggested Charlie Kirk’s alleged murderer, Tyler Robinson, engraved “Hey Fascist” on a bullet casing to “set up” the left.
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