Last month, Judge 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 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.)
State law enforcement is investigating the fire which destroyed Judge Goodsteinon 's home
At least three members of her family, including her husband, former Democratic state senator Arnold Goodstein, and their son, have been hospitalized with serious injuries….
The 69-year-old judge had received death threats in the weeks leading up to the fire, multiple sources told FITSNews.

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