Jamaal Bowman Gets Probation Deal For Fire Alarm ‘Insurrection’

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New York Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman pled guilty to a single misdemeanor Thursday after he appeared to obstruct a federal proceeding by pulling a fire alarm in a Capitol office building. The disruption forced the occupants to evacuate for 90 minutes as lawmakers scrambled to avoid a government shutdown in September.

Bowman, a far-left “squad” member who smeared demonstrators at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as “violent insurrectionists” whose “terrorist attack” warranted a federal crackdown, will pay a $1,000 fine and serve three months of probation. The fire alarm charge will then be “dismissed from his record under an agreement with prosecutors,” according to the Associated Press.

The two-term lawmaker claimed to reporters on Capitol Hill that he was “in a rush” and pulled the fire alarm after assuming the alert system that says…

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