Video shows Jamaal Bowman ripping down emergency signs before activating fire alarm
Who is new House Speaker Mike Johnson? Louisana attorney known as religious conservativeand forced the evacuation of a House office building last month, the far-left lawmaker hastily removed two emergency exit signs from nearby doors, footage released Thursday revealed.before turning on his heel and walking away — still holding one of the signs — rather than trying to go out through the door as he initially claimed.“I was trying to get to a door.
Critics were quick to mock Bowman over the new video, with Rep. Matt Gaetz chiding on X: “This is what lawyers would call ‘intent.'”He thought it would open the door, which is why he walked away after pulling the alarm without ever turning towards the door.“He thought it would open the door, which is why he walked away after pulling the alarm without ever turning towards the door,” attorney Damin Toell wrote sarcastically on X.
Democrats were in a mad dash to comb through the bill to flag any poison pills. Ultimately, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke for nearly an hour on the floor to buy time.Bowman acknowledged in his guilty plea that he “willfully and knowingly” gave a “false alarm of a fire,” in violation of District of Columbia law.In exchange, DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb’s office will dismiss the charge against him in three months if he doesn’t commit a repeat offense.
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