Man admits to setting congressman's district office on fire over TikTok ban: police

Police successful Wisconsin are investigating aft a antheral torched a congressman's territory bureau aft the fashionable societal media app TikTok concisely went acheronian successful the United States, according to authorities.

The Fond du Lac Police Department said a 19-year-old antheral from Menasha admitted to mounting a occurrence astatine an bureau abstraction leased to U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman.

Just aft 1 a.m. connected Sunday, January 19, constabulary said officers on with the City of Fond du Lac Fire Rescue responded to Grothman's bureau astir a imaginable operation fire.

Officers recovered the suspected arsonist adjacent the portion promenade soon aft they enactment the occurrence out.

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Police said the antheral admitted to mounting the occurrence due to the fact that helium was upset implicit TikTok going acheronian successful the U.S. (TikTok: REUTERS/Dado Fire: iStock)

Police said the antheral past admitted to officers that helium started the occurrence "in effect to caller talks of a TikTok ban." 

Grothman voted for the TikTok divestment oregon "ban" bill.

Grothman took to X to respond to the alleged arson attack.

"Nobody was wounded successful the occurrence and the harm has been contained," helium wrote. "Thank you to the FDL firefighters and constabulary officers for your swift response."

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"We are relieved that nary 1 was injured, and the bureau was unoccupied astatine the clip of the fire. Acts of violence, successful immoderate signifier are not tolerated, and we stay committed to protecting the information and well-being of our community," Fond du Luc Police Chief Aaron Goldstein said successful a connection to Fox News Digital. 

"I americium thankful for the swift effect of our officers successful helping sound down the occurrence and besides locating the fishy of this arson."

Officials said that the fishy is being held astatine the Fond du Lac County Jail and a complaint of arson is being referred to the Fond du Lac County District Attorney’s Office. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to TikTok for remark astir the alleged arson attack.

Police successful Wisconsin said a 19-year-old antheral acceptable a congressman's territory bureau connected occurrence aft the fashionable societal media app TikTok went acheronian successful the U.S. (FOX 6 Milwaukee)

TikTok said it was successful the process of restoring operations successful the U.S. connected Sunday aft President-elect Trump promised to contented an enforcement bid to widen TikTok operations connected Inauguration Day. 

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The fashionable Chinese-owned societal media level was unopen down connected Saturday aft the Supreme Court upheld a instrumentality to prohibition the exertion if it is not sold successful the United States.

U.S. users reported being capable to regain entree to the app pursuing Saturday's blackout, and by Sunday afternoon, a caller connection crediting Trump appeared to users.

"Welcome back!" the TikTok connection read. "Thank you for your patience and support. As a effect of President Trump's efforts, TikTok is backmost successful the U.S.!"

Earlier Sunday, Trump wrote connected TRUTH Social that helium is "asking companies not to fto TikTok enactment dark!" 

TikTok concisely went acheronian successful the United States connected Saturday night. (Jonathan Raa / Sipa USA)

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"I volition contented an enforcement bid connected Monday to widen the play of clip earlier the law’s prohibitions instrumentality effect, truthful that we tin marque a woody to support our nationalist security," the president-elect continued. "The bid volition besides corroborate that determination volition beryllium nary liability for immoderate institution that helped support TikTok from going acheronian earlier my order."

"Americans merit to spot our breathtaking Inauguration connected Monday, arsenic good arsenic different events and conversations," Trump said.

His Sunday station did not clarify however soon the hold would instrumentality effect oregon specify however agelong it would last. 

Fox News Digital's Danielle Wallace contributed to this report. 

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