{"id":2225920,"date":"2024-04-20T11:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T15:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-set-himself-on-fire-outside-trump-trial-dies\/"},"modified":"2024-04-20T11:50:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T15:50:24","slug":"man-who-set-himself-on-fire-outside-trump-trial-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-set-himself-on-fire-outside-trump-trial-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"The man who self-immolated outside the Trump trial has passed away"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-who-set-himself-on-fire-outside-trump-trial-dies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2225920&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A man tragically died after setting himself\u2062 on fire outside the courthouse during the trial involving former President Donald Trump. Max Azzarello, 37, succumbed at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wake-up-america-bold-billionaire-offers-1-million-bounty-for-dominions-eric-coomers-comeuppance\/\" title=\"WAKE UP AMERICA! Bold Billionaire Offers  Million Bounty for Dominion\u2019s, Eric Coomer\u2019s Comeuppance\">local hospital<\/a>. He was\u2062 seen charred and in critical condition at the scene. Azzarello, a Florida resident, had distributed\u2063 flyers at \u2062New York \u200bUniversity before the incident. The tragic death \u2063of Max Azzarello, 37, occurred after\u2064 he set himself on fire\u2063 outside the courthouse during the trial of former President\u200c Donald \u200bTrump. Azzarello, \u2062who was in critical\u200b condition, passed away at a \u2064local\u200d hospital following the incident. \u200cBefore the tragedy, the Florida resident had\u2063 distributed flyers at\u200d New York University.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The man who set himself on fire outside the courthouse where former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> was being tried died a day after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday morning, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nypd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New York Police Department<\/a> confirmed to the <em>Associated Press<\/em> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2972570\/what-we-know-max-azzarello-conspiracy-theorist-who-set-himself-on-fire-trump-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Max Azzarello\">Max Azzarello<\/a>, 37, was pronounced dead at an area hospital. He was seen being carried away from the scene Friday on a stretcher, with his whole body charred. He was described by police at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-do-it-with-everyone-andrew-cuomo-defends-himself-at-press-conference-refuses-to-resign\/\" title=\"\u2018I Do It With Everyone\u2019: Andrew Cuomo Defends Himself At Press Conference, Refuses To Resign\">press conference shortly<\/a> after as being in \u201cvery critical\u201d condition.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>New York Police officers inspect a backpack left at the scene where a man lit himself on fire in a park outside Manhattan criminal court, Friday, April 19, 2024, in New York. Emergency crews rushed away a person on a stretcher after fire was extinguished outside the Manhattan courthouse where jury selection was taking place in former President Donald Trump\u2019s hush money criminal case. (AP Photo\/Mary Altaffer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Azzarello lived in St. Augustine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Florida<\/a>, and traveled to New York last week. He went to the New York University campus, where he handed out flyers claiming the school was a \u201cmob front.\u201d A Columbia student who encountered him during his stay at the campus described him as \u201copen and friendly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t remember the specifics of what he was saying \u2014 I was struggling to follow his theory \u2014 but he handed me two pamphlets, which he said could \u2018start a revolution\u2019 if people knew about the information contained. I also asked him what he thought of Columbia, which he said was also a mob front,\u201d the student told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Azzarello graduated in 2009 from the University of North Carolina where he received degrees in anthropology and public policy, the <em>New York Times<\/em> reported. He went on to get a master\u2019s degree in city and regional planning in 2012 from Rutgers University.<\/p>\n<p>The turning point came with the death of his mother in April 2022 \u2014 something displayed on his Instagram and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/19\/nyregion\/max-azzarello-man-fire-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"confirmed\">confirmed<\/a> by friends to the <em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was around the time when he became more outspoken,\u201d Carol Waldman, the mother of a childhood friend of his, said. \u201cThey were close, and they had a good relationship. He was heartbroken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Azzarello soon turned to wide-ranging conspiracy theories, writing several pamphlets and manifestos outlining his views. Central to his view was that cryptocurrency was an \u201ceconomic doomsday device\u201d intended to implement an \u201capocalyptic global fascist coup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He doused himself in an accelerant on Friday, then lit himself on fire. The fire burned for two to three minutes before being fully doused by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-air-force-base-goes-under-lockdown-after-reports-of-shots-fired\/\" title=\"Texas air force base goes under lockdown after reports of shots fired\">emergency responders<\/a> with fire extinguishers.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was the second major self-immolation in the United States in two months. The first was U.S. airman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/2885082\/airman-who-lit-himself-on-fire-outside-israeli-embassy-dies-of-injuries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Aaron Bushnell\">Aaron Bushnell<\/a>, who lit himself on fire in protest of the U.S.\u2019s support for Israel during the War in Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man who self-immolated near the courthouse during Trump&#8217;s trial died the following day. The New York Police Department confirmed Max Azzarello, 37, passed away at a local hospital. 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