Arson Suspected In A “Significant Fire” At Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Vermont Office
Criminal Justice,Bernie Sanders,Arson,Vermont,Investigations
Police are searching for a suspect in what appears to have been an attempted arson at the Burlington, Vermont office of Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). At around 10:45 a.m. on Friday, a man entered Sanders’ office before spraying an “apparent accelerant” on an entrance door, Burlington police said in a statement. After the man lit the flammable substance, “a significant fire engulfed the door and part of the vestibule, impeding the egress of staff members who were working in the office and endangering their lives,” police said. Vermont State Police...
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