Rep. Jamaal Bowman has been criminally charged with on misdemeanor count for pulling the fire alarm during a House vote.
Capitol Police have now concluded their investigation into the September 30 incident that Bowman's office described as a mistakeRep. Jamaal Bowman has been criminally charged with one misdemeanor count for pulling the fire alarm during a House vote.
'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 in a statement. Bowman, a former school principal, said he had pulled the alarm trying to open a door in a rush to get to a vote. ' pulled a fire alarm in Cannon this morning,' a spokesperson for the Congressional Administration Committee said. 'An investigation into why it was pulled is underway.'Rep. Bryan Steil, chair of the House Administration Committee, said of the charge: 'Bowman's excuse does not pass the sniff test. After pulling the fire alarm, Rep. Bowman fled the scene, passed by multiple Capitol Police officers and had every opportunity to alert USCP of his mistake.
After former Speaker McCarthy decided to rush a last-minute clean continuing resolution on the House floor that would extend funding at 2023 levels set under Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrats worried they'd been tricked.
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