{"id":2214854,"date":"2024-04-07T11:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T15:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arrest-made-in-arson-attack-on-bernie-sanders-office\/"},"modified":"2024-04-07T11:40:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T15:40:08","slug":"arrest-made-in-arson-attack-on-bernie-sanders-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arrest-made-in-arson-attack-on-bernie-sanders-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect Arrested for Setting Fire to Bernie Sanders&#8217; Office"},"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\">18<\/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%2Farrest-made-in-arson-attack-on-bernie-sanders-office%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=2214854&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>The summary of the article is about\u200b the arrest\u200d of Shant \u2063Soghomonian, a 35-year-old man, for the \u200barson attack on Senator Bernie Sanders&#8217;\u200b office in Burlington, Vermont. Soghomonian was charged with using fire to damage the building, \u2063as captured on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oath-keepers-founder-accuses-capitol-police-of-willful-perjury-calls-for-verdicts-to-be-overturned\/\" title=\"Oath Keepers Founder alleges Capitol Police perjury, demands verdicts overturned.\">security\u200c video<\/a>. The office employees were unharmed during \u2064the incident. \u200dThe article focuses on the \u2062arrest of Shant Soghomonian, a 35-year-old\u2062 man, for \u200csetting fire to Senator Bernie Sanders&#8217; office in\u200d Burlington, Vermont. Soghomonian was \u2063accused of\u2063 intentionally damaging the \u2063building, as evidenced by security footage. Fortunately, no office employees were harmed\u200c during the \u2062arson attack.  <\/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<p>A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection to the arson attack on Friday that damaged an office in Burlington, Vermont, belonging to Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/bernie-sanders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT), according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Shant Soghomonian, who is also known as Michael Soghomonian and is previously of Northridge, California, was arrested on Sunday pursuant to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-playboy-karen-who-hit-elderly-maskless-passenger-blasted-for-covid-lunacy-leftism-destroys-women\/\" title=\"Ex-Playboy \u2018Karen\u2019 Who Hit Elderly Maskless Passenger Blasted for \u2018COVID Lunacy\u2019: \u2018Leftism Destroys Women'\">federal criminal complaint<\/a>, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the District of Vermont <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-vt\/pr\/suspect-arrested-arson-burlington-office-senator-sanders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint charged Soghomonian with using fire to damage the building at One Church Street in Burlington \u2013 a building used in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">interstate commerce<\/a> and as a place of activity affecting interstate commerce, the release added.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday morning, Soghomonian entered the building, proceeded to the third floor, where Sanders\u2019s office is located, and was \u201crecorded on a security video spraying a liquid near the outer door of the office and then lighting the area with a handheld lighter,\u201d the release said, citing court documents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA blaze quickly began while Soghomonian departed via a staircase\u201d and it \u201cdamaged the outside of the office door and surrounding areas, and the building sprinklers discharged on multiple floors,\u201d the release continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Senator\u2019s office was occupied by multiple employees who were not physically injured during the incident,\u201d the release said. \u201cIt is not known how many other occupants were in the building, but no injuries were reported.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the District of Vermont said that Soghomonian faces a maximum penalty of not less than five years and not more than 20 years in prison, as well as a fine of up to $250,000 if convicted.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>An initial appearance before a U.S. magistrate judge had not yet been scheduled, and a counsel for the suspect had not yet been identified, the release noted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Seen this man around Burlington, Vermont? Police are asking for assistance in identifying this suspect in connection to a fire at Sen. Bernie Sanders&#8217; office. A motive is unclear. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RALcX8TpjQ\">pic.twitter.com\/RALcX8TpjQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Madeleine Hubbard (@MadeleineHubb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MadeleineHubb\/status\/1776976283764961710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Police had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burlingtonvt.gov\/Press\/arsonseeking-suspect#:~:text=Attached%20Press%20Release%3A-,Download%20arson.pdf,-(997.07%20KB)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> a photo of the suspect that showed him wearing a hat, dark jacket, and long pants to track down the man.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2024\/04\/05\/senator-bernie-sanders-joins-striking-workers-at-hotel-figueroa-in-downtown-l-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">had been<\/a> in Los Angeles on Friday to join a picket line where hotel workers were on strike to demand improved pay and working conditions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities have arrested Shant Soghomonian, 35, for the arson attack on Sen. Bernie Sanders&#8217; office in Burlington, Vermont. Soghomonian, previously from Northridge, California, was taken into custody on Sunday following a federal complaint<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2214855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2135900027-scaled-e1712500548224.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2214854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2135900027-scaled-e1712500548224.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2214854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2214855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2214854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2214854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2214854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}