Just last week, 71-year-old Edward Hackerman was arrested by authorities, having been accused of starting the Oak Fire of last year.
Hackerman was taken into custody on June 16 in connection with the fire that destroyed over 19,000 acres of land, 127 homes and over 60 buildings.
According to reports, Hackerman is a known retired firefighter with over 12 years of work experience.
Interestingly enough, Hackerman is also known to be a Democrat donor who gave money to The Lincoln Project in addition to various other leftist campaigns.
As reported by the Washington Free Beacon:
What happened: Authorities busted a Democratic donor for allegedly starting a “ginormous inferno” in Yosemite National Park. Democratic politicians had insisted climate change was to blame for the blaze, which destroyed more than 100 homes and injured several firefighters in July 2022.
• Edward Fredrick Wackerman (his actual name) of Mariposa, Calif., faces a number of charges including aggravated arson following his arrest on Friday.
By the numbers: The arson suspect has donated $1,775 to Democratic candidates and committees since 2020, government records show, including a $1,000 donation to Tim Ryan’s failed U.S. Senate campaign in 2022 and $400 to the Lincoln Project, a disgraced liberal super PAC.
• The so-called Oak Fire destroyed 127 homes and 66 outbuildings. Roughly 6,000 people were forced to evacuate as the inferno torched 30 square miles of land and smoke from the fire drifted more than 200 miles into parts of Nevada and the San Francisco Bay Area.
I could be reaching here, but seems awfully coincidental that a well-known liberal donor would be caught starting a massive California fire that laid waste to thousands of acres of land…
