The alarm was set off Sept. 30 in the Cannon office building last month as Republicans sought to initiate voting on a spending measure to keep the government open.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., indicated Wednesday that he will plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge over pulling a fire alarm in a congressional building on Capitol Hill last month.

Bowman has agreed to pay the maximum fine of $1,000 for one misdemeanor count of falsely pulling a fire alarm — a charge that carries a maximum penalty of six months in jail. He will also provide a formal apology to Capitol Police.

“I am responsible for activating a fire alarm, I will be paying the fine issued, and look forward to these charges being ultimately dropped," Bowman said in a statement Wednesday.

  • Whirlybird
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    8 months ago

    Just FYI the footage got released that 100% shows he did it on purpose and knew what he was doing, and pulled a literal fire alarm. It was not a door that was hooked up to a fire alarm:

    https://twitter.com/KamVTV/status/1717626888045121729

    Not only that but he literally REMOVED THE WARNING SIGNS before doing so.