A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for attempting to set fire to a Republican congressman's office, an act he reportedly committed out of anger over the lawmaker's support for a bill mandating TikTok's Chinese owner to divest its US operations.
Caiden Stachowicz, 20, was also handed an additional seven years of extended supervision by Fond du Lac County Circuit Judge Tricia Walker, according to court records. Stachowicz, from Menasha, entered a no contest plea to an arson charge in November. This plea, while not an admission of guilt, is treated as such for sentencing purposes, and led prosecutors to drop associated burglary and property damage counts.
