Jon Levine
Sept 30, 2023
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Creating a false fire alarm is a misdemeanor in the District of Columbia and punishable by up to six months in jail.
“No one in this country is above the law,” Bowman himself pontificated just months ago in a tweet attacking former president Trump, and applauding his various indictments.
In addition to Bowman making the false report, and faking an emergency, Bowman's real intent by pulling the fire alarm could also constitute illegal obstruction of congressional proceedings — a federal felony, according to the Washington Examiner.
Bowman could also potentially be charged with obstruction of justice under D.C. law, which includes “corruptly, or by threats of force, any way obstructs or impedes or endeavors to obstruct or impede the due administration of justice in any official proceeding,” according to the media outlet.
“This is the United States Congress, not a New York City high school. To pull the fire alarm to disrupt proceedings when we are trying to draft legislation to AVERT A SHUTDOWN is pathetic…even for Bowman and members of the socialist squad,” Cong Malliotakis wrote on X, formerly Twitter.