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.

  • @kandoh@reddthat.com
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    221 year ago

    So the camera footage seems to confirm Bowman’s story, but the GOP think otherwise.

    So who do we trust? The GOP or our own lying eyes?

    • @aidan@lemmy.worldM
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      -121 year ago

      I mean, intentionally pulling the fire alarm doesn’t seem like an accident. I do believe he was trying to get out maybe