Jamaal Bowman pleads guilty in DC court arraignment on charges for pulling fire alarm
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"Squad" Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York pleaded guilty in D.C. Superior Court on charges that he illegally pulled a House office building fire alarm.
D.C. Assistant Attorney General Peter Saba criminally charged Bowman with a misdemeanor for causing a false fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building ahead of a Sept. 30 vote.
Bowman, 47, turned himself in on Thursday morning ahead of his arraignment, wearing a navy suit, striped shirt and blue tie and carrying a gray backpack. He pleaded guilty to causing the false alarm.
The New York Democrat told reporters ahead of the arraignment that he is "taking responsibility" for causing the false alarm and that "Hell no" he didn't mean to pull the alarm.
"What I did was against D.C. law," Bowman said. "As I said from the very beginning, I was not trying to disrupt any congressional proceedings, I'm glad the investigation yielded that."
Bowman pulled the fire alarm ahead of a crucial vote as the GOP pushed a critical stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown.
Bowman got a plea deal: Write a letter of apology to the U.S. Capitol Police and pay a $1,000 fine.
D.C. Superior Court Judge Dorsey Jones told Bowman that he could face six months in prison and a $1,000 fine if he does not write the letter of apology.
Bowman's office told Fox News Digital that the congressman's deal with the D.C. attorney general would see the charges withdrawn if he writes the letter and pays the fine.
"I’m thankful for the quick resolution from the District of Columbia Attorney General’s office on this issue and grateful that the United States Capitol Police General Counsel’s office agreed I did not obstruct nor intend to obstruct any House vote or proceedings," Bowman told Fox News Digital. "I am responsible for activating a fire alarm, I will be paying the fine issued, and look forward to these charges being ultimately dropped."
"I think we all know that Republicans will attempt to use this to distract everyone from their mess, but I look forward to putting this behind me and to continue working hard to deliver for New Yorkers," he continued.
Bowman will have a review hearing on Jan. 29, 2024 at 9:30 a.m.
Bowman said Wednesday that he was "thankful for the quick resolution" with law enforcement. The D.C. attorney general's office told the press on Wednesday that Bowman would be "pleading guilty and has agreed to pay the maximum f
As the video shows, Bowman did it intentionally. He then lied and continues to lie about it. Lucky for him he's a Democrat, or he'd be facing the next decade in jail.
Right, can you imagine the meltdown on the left if someone like Bobert had done this.
Our friends on the left would be going apeshit.
A sane party would expel him from Congress, but that will never happen.
The double standard at play here is extreme to say the least
He should have been charged with a felony for violating 18 U.S.C. § 1505, not to mention insurrection for interfering with a function of Congress.
So when questioned about the tape proving he was lying, Bowman say's he won't talk about the past.. And doubtless his party and friendly MSM will take the same line. We've seen it before. A Democrat tells a preposterous lie to avoid trouble, the media accepts it at face value, and when the lie is proven, its ignored and "time to move on."
Now they can get back to obsessing over the plumber from Duluth who was charged with felonies for stepping foot in the Capitol three years ago.
People are saying that he deserves nothing short of the Death Penalty!
So much theatrical pearl clutching! Of course Bowman pulled the fire alarm intentionally. Republicans gave the Democrats no time to examine the bill. Dems should have had 3 days, but no, they were just supposed to sign 2,200 pages sight unseen. Bowman's act gave them a couple hours to divide it up among their staff. You guys would be celebrating his guts if the situation was reversed.
Brave of you to admit it now that video now makes continued lying about it impossible. Where have you been for the last month as he and his party lied about it?
epublicans gave the Democrats no time to examine the bill.
Oh. So that gives someone the right to commit a felony to stop a congressional proceeding. Can you point that exception out to me in the statute?
wman's act gave them a couple hours to divide it up among their staff.
Kudos on the evolution of the talking point. It's gone from "why would he do it on purpose, he wanted the bill to pass. he was just confused" to "Of course he committed a felony to stop a congressional vote, he's a hero!"
d be celebrating his guts if the situation was reversed.
If the situation were reversed, the Biden DOJ would have charged him with multiple felonies and he'd be spending the next decade in jail.
[ Deleted ] do you have a copy of that 2200 page bill, or are you just posting complete bullshit hoping nobody calls you out on it?
BILLS-118hr5860cph.pdf (congress.gov)
Oops, I remembered incorrectly. That one was only 71 pages that they were supposed to sign sight unseen.
So all 209 democrat congress members except this one could figure out how to read it? Even the excuses we get for why he pulled it are lies.
All your fussing is funny to me given Republican criminality over the last 60 years. (In presidential administrations 140+ indictments, 85+ convictions, 40+ prison sentences vs 4/2/2 for Dems.) I always thought that was why he did it, otherwise it made no sense; it's not like he has a history of randomly pulling fire alarms.
Here's the video, showing him removing the warning sign on the door before pressing the fire alarm and not even trying to open the door.
I'm sure all our progressive friends who believed his lie and repeated it will be outraged for being made to look like fools.
Donald Trump was charged by Jack Smith with obstructing an official proceeding for giving a speech prior to the events at the Capitol. Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm with the intent of actually obstructing an official proceeding. As we're about to find out, Biden's DOJ does in fact have different rules for Democrats and Republicans.
Not to mention he lied to police if he told them what he told his useful idiots to parrot in the media, another felony.
I'm not sure that's it,
Describing what Trump did in this way is like describing a hurricane as some moisture.
We can gauge how out of whack right wing judgments and priorities are by the fact that they think that someone pulling a fire alarm one time is the absolute equivalent ,or worse, than a mob creating a riot inside the capitol building, not to mention the purpose of the riot was to help with the overthrow the 2020 election. These are not serious people. They think they are serious but they are not.
I'm not surprised you'd downplay a democrat comitting a felony to interfere with a Congressional proceeding. More double standards.