Man charged with starting a fire outside U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Vermont office pleads not guilty [Video]

FILE – Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a news conference on Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee’s subpoenas of pharmaceutical company representatives to discuss drug prices Jan. 25, 2024, at the Capitol in Washington. A federal judge ruled Thursday, April 18, 2024, that a man accused of starting a fire outside Sanders’ Vermont office will remain in custody pending further legal proceedings. Sanders was not in the office at the time of the fire on April 5, 2024, and seven employees working there were able to get out unharmed. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)