Media Blamed ‘Climate Change’ for Palisades Fireplace Nightmare – Turns Out a Biden Donor, Local weather Nut Simply Acquired Charged for Arson
Media Blamed ‘Climate Change’ for Palisades Fire Nightmare – Turns Out a Biden Donor, Climate Nut Just Got Charged for Arson
By Samantha Chang
Democrats and their left-wing media lapdogs beclowned themselves after their manufactured outrage claiming “climate change” had caused the Pacific Palisades fire earlier this year turned out to be a big, fat lie.
After spending months stoking climate hysteria by blaming oil companies and Republican policies for the California wildfires, it turned out the blaze was started by a left-wing arsonist.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California charged Jonathan Rinderknecht — a former Pacific Palisades resident now living in Florida — with maliciously starting the Palisades Fire of January 2025.
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— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 9, 2025
“The complaint alleges that a single person’s recklessness caused one of the worst fires Los Angeles has ever seen,” Acting United States Attorney Bill Essayli said.
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“Although firefighters quickly suppressed the Lachman Fire, unbeknownst to anyone, the fire continued to smolder and burn underground,” the Justice Department said.
“On January 7, heavy winds caused the underground fire to surface and spread above ground in what became known as the Palisades Fire,” according to the DOJ.
The Palisades Fire killed 12 people and burned more than 23,000 acres of land in the Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and the Santa Monica mountains, CBS News reported.