Sen. Bernie Sanders wasn’t at his Burlington, Vt., district office when a man dumped a liquid at the bottom of the door and set it ablaze on a Friday morning last month — but seven of his staffers were.
The fire scorched the door, stained the wall with fire damage and left parts of the building flooded from the sprinkler system, according to an affidavit from a federal agent. The staffers escaped without injury.
While members of Congress have faced an elevated threat landscape in recent years, their staff at congressional district offices across the country can bear the brunt of the vitriol and face potential danger.
