Posted on 10/28/2023 4:51:23 PM PDT by george76
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) has pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor after he was caught on videotape pulling a fire alarm in the middle of a key vote to avoid a government shutdown. The misdemeanor was the charge that I discussed when this first arose. However, the release of the videotape raises another issue: whether Bowman has clearly lied to not just the court but Congress in his account.
Bowman has insisted in Congress and court that he was confused and thought that the door (closed for any purpose other than an emergency) would open if he pulled the fire alarm. The video, however, shows Bowman not only taking the emergency sign off the door but never stopping or looking back as he pulled the alarm. There was not even a glance back to see if the door opened. Instead, he quickly walks away with the sign.
Bowman may not have been motivated by delaying the vote, but the videotape does not suggest that he was trying to open the door. It may have been motivated by the same urge as students in schools (like the one Bowman used to oversee) to cause chaos or to vent.
Bowman has insisted “I don’t know why this has gotten so much attention,. I was literally just in a rush to go vote, man! That’s all it was!”
Yet, Bowman never looks at the door, let alone tries to open the door, after pulling the alarm.
Under his plea agreement, Bowman will avoid jail time and get his charge dropped in three months by simply paying a $1,000 fine and writing a formal apology letter to the U.S. Capitol Police.
However, it is not clear if the false statement to Congress will have any repercussions for Bowman.
Is this in the purview of the SOTH? I hope Johnson uses this to set a zero tolerance policy for such insurrections and either throws that bastard in jail (somehow) or gets him thrown out of Congress (somehow).
Uniparty protects its own.
Yep
Video here
Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman removes warning signs before pulling the fire alarm
https://rumble.com/v3rvicj-jamaal-bowman-removes-warning-signs-before-pulling-the-fire-alarm-in-a-hous.html
Perjury is a crime when Republicans do it.
He’s a lying little weasel. AKA a democrat.
He’s an idiot, a jag off. What else can we expect from New York state?!
He’s a DEMOCRAT...they LIE!
And whatever happened to “Ignorance is no excuse for the law”.
That is only for the rest of us.
But this guy did it on purpose.
And congress can take its own actions. So what are they going to do?
Are Democrats somehow immune to perjury?
He’ll get off with the melanin defense and get a book deal as the victim of a racist prosecution.
He’s a democrat! He is not held to the same laws that the rest of us little people have to live by!
B S LIAR-—and not a very good LIAR at that
Their are two standards of justice in this Country. They want you to know it. They want to rub all our faces in it.
Like Hillary and “wiping” her hard drive, Demoncrats are ok with feigning stupidity.
Rat Party hacks lie...it’s in their DNA. Like Richard Pryor once said during a concert about being caught with another woman by his wife...he denied it saying to her “who ya gonna believe...me,or your lyin’ eyes?
Yes!! Thanks for asking. Great question. Any other questions?
Kick Bowman’s ass out of the Congress, he is scum.
Does anyone really believe Bowman was smart enough to do this all on his own? The squad’s broads told him to do it.
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