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

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) talks to the media as he walks to the House chamber before President Joe Biden's State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 7, 2024. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo

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.