Overview
- Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele, 68, were found dead Sunday in their Brentwood home, and police are treating the case as a double homicide with their son, Nick Reiner, in custody.
- Investigators have not officially confirmed a cause of death, though several outlets cited unnamed law-enforcement sources in reporting the couple suffered stab wounds.
- On Monday, President Trump posted on Truth Social that Reiner’s death was tied to “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” baselessly claiming the director’s criticism provoked the killings.
- Asked later at the White House, Trump doubled down, saying he “wasn’t a fan,” calling Reiner “deranged,” and blaming him for promoting the “Russia hoax.”
- The remarks drew bipartisan condemnation, including from Republicans Thomas Massie, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mike Lawler, Stephanie Bice, and Don Bacon, as well as criticism from Fox News commentators and figures like Whoopi Goldberg and Gov. J.B. Pritzker.