MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin man who allegedly told police he was unhappy with a federal TikTok ban tried to burn down a congressman's office and was charged Wednesday with multiple counts, including arson, after prosecutors accused him of trying to burn down a congressman's office over a federal TikTok ban. .

Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney filed charges against 19-year-old Caiden Stachowicz, charging him with felony counts of arson, terroristic threats, attempted theft and property damage. If convicted on all counts, he faces more than 50 years in prison.

Stachovich, of Menasha, was scheduled to make his first court appearance Wednesday morning. Judge Tricia Walker set his cash bail at $500,000 and ordered him to have no contact with Republican U.S. Rep. Glenn Grossman or his staff, online court records show. She also banned him from possessing any dangerous weapons or ignition materials.

Records show Stachowicz appeared via video conference from jail. They did not list an attorney for him.

According to the complaint, a police officer was putting out a fire outside Grothman's Fond du Lac office around 1 a.m. Sunday when he saw Stachowicz standing nearby.

The officer said that as he used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames, Stachowicz told him he started the fire because he didn't like Grossman. The officer handcuffed Stachowicz and took him to the police station. Firefighters and police quickly put out the blaze and limited the damage.

During an interview with the department, Stachovich told officers he purchased gasoline and matches to start a fire in Grossman's office, the complaint states. He said he tried to break into the office so he could light a fire inside but was unable to break the window. He then poured the gas on an electrical box around the back and front of the building, lit a match and watched it burn, the complaint states.

He said he wanted to burn the building down because the U.S. government was shutting down TikTok and Grossman voted "yes" to shut it down, according to the indictment. Grossman voted for a bill last April that would have required TikTok's Chinese company, ByteDance, to sell its U.S. operations by Sunday.

Stachowicz said he believed the shutdown violated his constitutional rights. He added that he had participated in peaceful protests in the past but no longer considered peace an option, according to the complaint.

"Kayden stated that this was a government building and wanted to cause chaos and made his point by setting the building on fire," the complaint states. "Kayden stated that he wanted the entire building to burn down."

When asked if he wanted anyone in the building, he said no and that he didn't want to hurt anyone, not Grossman himself.

TikTok shut down on Saturday night, but the platform was back online hours later after then-President-elect Donald Trump said he would try to give ByteDance more time to find a buyer. After taking office on Monday, Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. attorney general not to enforce the ban for 75 days.

When asked to comment on the allegations, Grossman spokesman Noel Young responded that Grossman would call the AP directly. The congressman had not contacted The Associated Press as of early Wednesday afternoon.