Accused Palisades arsonist made chilling Mangione-inspired threat to major CEO, federal agent reveals

Metro Accused Palisades arsonist made chilling Mangione-inspired threat to major CEO, federal agent reveals By Benjamin Brown Published June 11, 2026, 8:31 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The California Post on Google The man on trial for allegedly sparking the deadly Palisades Fire had searched for the address of DoorDash’s CEO because he planned to murder him, a federal agent testified in court Thursday. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 30, whose federal arson trial began in Los Angeles on Wednesday, had become “fixated” on CEO killer Luigi Mangione before the devastating blaze and suggested the inferno was started out of “resentment of the rich,” prosecutors charged. 5 Jonathan Rinderknecht’s federal arson trial began in Los Angeles on Wednesday. U.S.

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