Whoever maliciously damages or destroys, or attempts to damage or destroy, by means of fire or an explosive, any building, vehicle, or other personal or real property in whole or in part owned or possessed by, or leased to, the United States, or any department or agency thereof, or any institution or organization receiving Federal financial assistance, shall be imprisoned for not less than 5 years and not more than 20 years, fined under this title, or both.

I imagine this is the part of the statue she is having folks charged under. Notice it normally only applies to destruction of the United States government property, but because Tesla is receiving so much financial assistance from the government, I guess it counts.

Assuming they used fire anyway.

If anyone else is curious it’s malicious destruction of property. In the federal code.