A person was charged Sunday with setting a fireplace exterior the Vermont workplace of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, federal prosecutors stated.

Shant Soghomonian, 35, who was beforehand of Northridge, California, entered the constructing on Friday and went to Sanders’ third-floor workplace the place safety video confirmed him spraying a liquid on the door and setting it afire, officers stated.

The constructing’s inside suffered some damage from the fire and sprinklers that doused the realm with water, however nobody was damage. Sanders, an unbiased, was not within the workplace on the time.

HOME DEPOT CO-FOUNDER WRECKS BERNIE SANDERS’ 32-HOUR WORKWEEK PLAN: ‘THIS IS HYPOCRISY’

Soghomonian was arrested Sunday on a cost of utilizing hearth to break a constructing utilized in interstate commerce, in line with a press release from Nikolas Kerest, the U.S. lawyer for Vermont.

Sen. Bernie Sanders is seen talking to the media as he walks to the Home chamber earlier than President Biden’s State of the Union tackle on March 7, 2024, in Washington, D.C. A person was charged on April 7, 2024, with utilizing hearth to break a constructing utilized in interstate commerce within the burning of the Sanders’ Vermont workplace. (AP Picture/Jose Luis Magana, File)

The motive remained unclear. Soghomonian was detained Sunday and couldn’t be reached for remark. It was not instantly identified if he had a lawyer, and an preliminary courtroom look had not been set, officers stated.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

The crime carries a most penalty of 20 years in jail and a high-quality of as much as $250,000.

The case was investigated by police departments in Burlington, Shelburne and Williston; Vermont State Police; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and U.S. Capitol Police, officers stated.