Congressman Jamaal Bowman Faces Criminal Charges for False Fire Alarm Incident

Representative Jamaal Bowman, Democrat of New York, has been charged with setting off a false fire alarm in a House office building last month. He will plead guilty to the charge and pay the maximum fine of $1,000. The charges will be dropped in three months if Bowman provides a formal apology to the Capitol Police and pays the fine. The incident occurred during a vote on the House floor as Democrats were stalling to read a spending bill. Bowman claimed it was accidental, but security footage showed him intentionally pulling the alarm.