Man Arrested for Setting Fire at Sen. Bernie Sanders’s Office; Motive Remains Unclear

Published on April 8, 2024

BURLINGTON, Vt.—A man was charged Sunday with setting a fire outside the Vermont office of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), federal prosecutors said. Shant Soghomonian, 35, who was previously of Northridge, California, entered the building on Friday and went to Mr. Sanders’s third-floor office where security video showed him spraying a liquid on the door and setting it afire, officials said. The building’s interior suffered some damage from the fire and sprinklers that doused the area with water, but no one was hurt. Mr. Sanders was not in the office at the time. Mr. Soghomonian was arrested Sunday on a charge of using fire to damage a building used in interstate commerce, according to a statement from Nikolas Kerest, the U.S. attorney for Vermont....

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