"At this time, there is no evidence to indicate the fire was intentionally set. SLED agents have preliminarily found there is no evidence to support a pre-fire explosion."

"At this time, there is no evidence to indicate the fire was intentionally set. SLED agents have preliminarily found there is no evidence to support a pre-fire explosion."

Authorities in South Carolina have said that there is no evidence that arson was the cause of a massive fire that consumed the home of Circuit Judge Diane Goodstein. This comes after staffers for California Governor Gavin Newsom as well as others suggested that Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon was to blame for the blaze after she spoke out against a Sept. ruling from Goodstein.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) said that its investigation into the Colleton County fire has found no evidence of arson. SLED Chief Mark Keel said, "At this time, there is no evidence to indicate the fire was intentionally set. SLED agents have preliminarily found there is no evidence to support a pre-fire explosion," per WCSC.

The fire in the Jeremy Cay Community on Edisto Island resulted in three people being sent to the hospital, and the home nearly burned to the ground. 

Governor Henry McMaster wrote, "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."

Dhillon wrote in response to the revelation, "Oh really! Yet Gavin Newsom’s reckless punk staff decided to target me and Stephen Miller with baseless slurs about being responsible for this non-arson, leading to threats against me. Grossly irresponsible and intentionally endangering a federal law enforcement official."

Others began deleting their posts claiming that Dhillon was the blame and suggesting that the fire was the result of politically motivated violence.

Newsom's Director of Communications Izzy Gardon wrote on social media the day of the fire, "A few weeks ago, one of Trump’s top DOJ officials publicly targeted this judge. Today, the judge’s home is on fire."

Dhillon had opposed Goldstein’s ruling related to voter data sharing with the federal government, saying that the Civil Rights division at the DOJ "will not stand for a state court judge's hasty nullification of our federal voting laws. I will allow nothing to stand in the way of our mandate to maintain clean voter rolls. One Citizen, One Vote!" On October 1, Goldstein’s ruling was reversed.