you don’t believe him?
VIDEO CBS NEW YORK: Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman “didn’t realize it would trigger an alarm” when he pulled It
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Jamaal Bowman sits on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Yeah...Jamaal “didn’t realize it would trigger an alarm” when he pulled it.
Jamaal Bowman charged for triggering fire alarm
Bowman triggered alarm in chaotic lead-up to a vote on spending bill
By NICHOLAS WU and KYLE CHENEY
politico.com
10/25/2023
The D.C. attorney general has charged Rep. Jamaal Bowman with a misdemeanor for triggering a Capitol campus fire alarm last month — causing a lengthy evacuation of a House office building during intense negotiations over a government funding bill.
The charging documents conclude there was “probable cause to believe that the defendant willfully or knowingly gave a false fire alarm within the District of Columbia.”
Bowman is slated to be arraigned Thursday morning in D.C. Superior Court. A spokesperson for the D.C. Attorney General’s office said Bowman was “pleading guilty and has agreed to pay the maximum fine.” It’s unclear if federal prosecutors are reviewing the matter as well, and a spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office declined to comment.
Bowman said in a statement he was “thankful for the quick resolution.”
“I am responsible for activating a fire alarm, I will be paying the fine issued, and look forward to these charges being ultimately dropped,” he said.
Capitol Police disclosed earlier Wednesday that the department had referred him to prosecutors over the incident after conducting an investigation. Bowman (D-N.Y.) pulled a fire alarm during the chaotic leadup to a vote on a GOP stopgap funding bill at the end of September in what his office had described as a mistake, driven by the congressman rushing to the vote. Republicans were incensed and some had threatened to move to expel Bowman from the House.
Lead Art: Francis Chung/POLITICO