House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Burns Down
The 69-year-old judge had received death threats in the weeks leading up to the fire, multiple sources told FITSNews. 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. The DOJ had sought the information, including names, addresses, driver’s license numbers, and social security numbers, of over three million registered voters as part of President Donald Trump’s March executive order restricting non-citizens from registering to vote. (Non-citizens are already not allowed to vote in federal and state elections.)This happened 2 days ago and as such, no determination has yet been made as to whether it was accidental or arson. Nonetheless, the judge's rulings against the Trump administration's actions and the death threats that ensued thereafter, suggest that this was a political act of vengeance against the judge.
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