Jonathan Rinderknecht, the suspected arsonist arrested this week in connection with the destructive Pacific Palisades fire earlier this year, allegedly ranted about President Trump and climate change on social media. [emphasis, links added]
An exclusive report from the New York Post probed Rinderknecht’s social media posts, showing he allegedly ranted on Facebook about a coming eco-apocalypse while mocking President Trump and encouraging people to become vegans.
One article he shared – “Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration,” from ProPublica – even included a thumbnail showing wildfires raging across a California hillside neighborhood.
That 2020 story opened by discussing blazing West Coast temperatures.
He also allegedly posted photos on his Facebook of Trump supporters crying after the president lost the 2020 election while linking to a Harris-Biden fundraiser page.
“Senator Kamala Harris Says Meat is Destroying the Planet,” read one article.
“Antarctica’s Ice Shelves Have Lost Millions of Metric Tons of Ice,” read a Scientific American article that he shared.
“A Shift to Plant-Based Diets Would Create 19 Million Jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean,” another from Forbes read.
Other photos reportedly on his page showed him with his face painted like a skull, covered in blood.
Investigators alleged in an affidavit that Rinderknecht disclosed to a family member that he had burned a bible months before he allegedly ignited the deadly fire.
He also allegedly disclosed this information to ChatGPT.
“I literally burnt the Bible that I had. It felt amazing. I felt so liberated,” he allegedly said in the digital exchange, per the San Francisco Chronicle.
Investigators identified Rinderknecht as a suspect quickly and had interviewed him by Jan. 24, a week before the fire was fully contained.
Surveillance footage showed Rinderknecht and his vehicle in the area at the time the fire began. Additional phone records revealed he — and no one else — was present at the site, officials said,” noted the outlet.
Rinderknecht also allegedly donated two dollars to former President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign.
Top image via Facebook/Jon Rinder
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