MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man accused of trying to burn down a congressman’s office earlier this year because he was upset over the federal TikTok ban has pleaded no contest to felony arson.

Caiden Stachowicz, 20, of Menasha, entered the plea Monday in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court, online court records showed. Defendants who plead no contest have decided they will no longer fight the charges against them but they do not admit guilt.

District Attorney Eric Toney agreed to drop burglary and property damage charges in exchange for the plea. Stachowicz faces up to 40 years in the state prison system when he’s sentenced March 5. Email and voicemail messages were left for his attorney, listed in the online records as Timothy Edward Hogan.

According to a criminal complaint, a poli

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