House Ethics Committee Makes Decision Regarding Jamaal Bowman Pulling Fire Alarm – By Rebecca Downs (Townhall) / Nov 22, 2023
On Wednesday, the House Ethics Committee voted against opening an investigation or a report into Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), who, on September 30, pulled the fire alarm while the House was voting to avert a government shutdown. Doing so is a violation of the DC code, and Bowman was charged by the DC Attorney General and pled guilty last month.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) declined to charge Bowman for “obstructing an official proceeding,” despite how the congressman pulling the fire alarm when there was no such emergency disrupted the vote. Democrats had been complaining about a supposed lack of time to read the bill, though it ended up passing with a bipartisan vote.
BREAKING: The House Ethics Committee just voted against opening an investigation into Rep. Jamaal Bowman for pulling the fire alarm.
No DOJ charge for "obstructing an official proceeding" for Bowman or investigation from House Ethics.
Just one misdemeanor. pic.twitter.com/Z4AEAAN14z
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 22, 2023
