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.
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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.
“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.
A spokesperson for the D.C. Attorney General’s Office said in a separate statement that Bowman “is pleading guilty and has agreed to pay the maximum fine.”
The alarm was set off Sept. 30 in the Cannon House Office Building as Republican lawmakers sought to kickoff a vote on a spending measure to keep the government open.
In a statement Wednesday, Capitol Police said the investigation was complete and a probable cause arrest warrant had been submitted to the D.C. Attorney General’s Office.
Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., who serves as secretary for the House Republican conference, wrote on X that she planned to introduce a resolution to censure Bowman and remove him from all committee assignments for the remainder of the 118th Congress for activating the alarm.
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