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<p>Rep. <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-say-democrat-rep-jamaal-bowman-pulled-fire-alarm-in-shutdown-mayhem">Jamaal Bowman</a> (D-NY) was hit with a criminal charge on Wednesday related to a bizarre incident last month in which security cameras captured him <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-say-democrat-rep-jamaal-bowman-pulled-fire-alarm-in-shutdown-mayhem">pulling a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office building</a> as he rushed to make a vote. </p>
<p>The charge—a misdemeanor count of falsely pulling a fire alarm—carries a maximum penalty of six months in jail. Bowman was ordered to appear in D.C. Superior Court on Thursday morning to be arraigned. </p>
<p>In a statement to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jamaal-bowman-charged-misdemeanor-pulling-fire-alarm-capitol-building-rcna122222">NBC News</a>, the U.S. Capitol Police Department said that it presented a probable cause arrest warrant to the D.C. Attorney General’s Office. </p>
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The charge—a misdemeanor count of falsely pulling a fire alarm—carries a maximum penalty of six months in jail. Bowman was ordered to appear in D.C. Superior Court on Thursday morning to be arraigned.
In a statement to NBC News, the U.S. Capitol Police Department said that it presented a probable cause arrest warrant to the D.C. Attorney General’s Office.
