A vengeful arsonist or a convenient scapegoat? What we’ve learned from testimony in the Palisades Fire trial

By Jack Hannah, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — After calling more than 30 witnesses over six days of testimony, federal prosecutors this week rested their case in the trial of the man accused of starting the deadly and historically destructive Palisades Fire that scorched swaths of Los Angeles in the early days of 2025. Prosecutors