Recently, Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman made headlines for triggering a fire alarm in the House Cannon office building during a vote on a stopgap spending bill. This action led to a building-wide evacuation and investigations by the Capitol Police and the House Administration Committee. Subsequently, Rep. Bowman pleaded guilty to falsely pulling the fire alarm and agreed to pay a $1,000 fine. The House Ethics Committee also voted against opening an investigation into the incident.
Jamaal Bowman is an American educator and politician who served as the founder and former principal of the Cornerstone Academy for Social Action. Born on April 1, 1976, he became the Democratic nominee for New York's 16th congressional district in the 2020 election. Rep. Bowman has been known for his progressive stance on various issues and has recently sought to distance himself from past conspiracy theories about the September 11 terrorist attacks that he had published on a personal blog before entering elected office.
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Rep. Jamaal Bowman pleaded guilty to triggering a fire alarm as lawmakers rushed to pass a funding bill, causing an evacuation of a House office building.
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New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman pleads guilty to one count of falsely pulling a fire alarm and agrees to pay a $1,000 fine.
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Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman triggered a fire alarm in the House Cannon office building as his party was trying to delay a vote on a stopgap spending bill, prompting a building-wide evacuation and investigations by the Capitol Police and the House Administration Committee.