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Topline Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) was criminally charged Wednesday for pulling a fire alarm at the Capitol ahead of a critical vote late last month to avert a government shutdown, after the New York progressive faced expulsion calls for triggering the alarm. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) was charged with falsely pulling an alarm at the Capitol. Getty Images for The Recording Academy Key Facts Bowman was charged in Washington, D.C., Superior Court with a misdemeanor count of falsely pulling the alarm following an investigation by Capitol Police—the alarm also prompted an investigation by the House Administrative Committee. The New York representative faces a maximum of six months in jail if convicted on the charge. A spokesperson for Bowman, a member of the House Progressive Caucus, told Forbes at the time that Bowman “did not realize” he had triggered a fire alarm, but rather that he was “rushing to make an urgent vote” on the continued resolution to fund the budget, adding the second-term representative “regrets any confusion.” Bowman is slated for an arraignment at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Washington, D.C., though a spokesperson for Bowman told Axios that Washington D.C. Assistant Attorney General Peter Saba agreed to withdraw the charge against Bowman if he apologizes and pays a fine of $1,000. Bowman will reportedly plead guilty and pay the fine. Key Background Bowman pulled the alarm on the morning of September 30 in the Capitol’s Cannon House office building minutes after House Republicans proposed a last-ditch spending resolution to temporarily keep the government funded. House Democrats, however, complained at the time the proposal was hurriedly pushed to the floor without giving Democrats sufficient time to read it. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) argued on the floor that the proposal was presented at “the 11th hour” and Democrats were given…

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