周四，众议员贾马尔·鲍曼在被指控虚假陈述后认罪拉响了国会办公楼的火警警报这是一项轻罪，上个月众议院投票通过了一项为政府提供资金的临时支出法案。
“我感谢哥伦比亚特区司法部长办公室对这个问题的快速解决，感谢美国国会警察总法律顾问办公室同意我没有阻挠也不打算阻挠任何众议院投票或程序。我负责启动火警，我将支付罚款，并期待这些指控最终被撤销，”鲍曼最初在周三被控轻罪后在一份声明中说。
他说:“我想我们都知道，共和党人会试图利用这一点来分散每个人对他们混乱局面的注意力，但我希望将这一切抛在脑后，继续努力为纽约人做贡献。”
在周四出庭后，鲍曼告诉美国广播公司新闻，“我很遗憾需要动用国会警察资源来应对这一事件。我很高兴没有人受伤。”
“我真的很遗憾，这造成了这么多的混乱，人们不得不疏散，我只是引起了骚乱，”他补充说。“我讨厌那样。挺尴尬的。”
鲍曼的下一次露面将在一月份。检察官将根据他达成的认罪协议取消开庭日期:鲍曼将不得不支付最高1000美元的罚款，向国会警察局长汤姆·曼格写一封道歉信，并接受三个月的缓刑。
法庭文件称，9月30日，当众议院投票决定继续为政府提供资金时，纽约州民主党人鲍曼故意拉了坎农豪斯办公楼的火警警报。
根据法庭文件，国会大厦警察查看的安全摄像机镜头显示，鲍曼看着写着“只有紧急出口，直到警报响起，”的门，当这些门被锁上时，他看着火警并拉了它。
2023年6月22日，众议员贾马尔·鲍曼抵达美国国会大厦。
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诉状称，在拉响火警警报后，鲍曼从国会大厦警察身边走过，没有说任何话，也没有提醒他们是他拉响了火警警报。
拉响警报四分钟后，他进入了国会大厦。
鲍曼此前告诉美国广播公司新闻，这一事件是一个“无辜的错误”
“我不知道它会触发整个建筑，”他说。
在调查期间接受国会警察采访时，鲍曼解释说，投票时他拉的门通常是不锁的，他没有告诉任何人他拉了火警，因为他不想错过投票，以保持政府资金。
尽管如此，共和党人指责鲍曼故意推迟投票，以便让民主党人有更多时间投票支持政府，鲍曼对此予以否认。
他在周四告诉记者，“我试图走出那扇门。我赶着去投票。我很感激我们有一个合适的协议，我也很感激三个月后它将被驳回。现在让我们继续前进。”
他称这次法庭诉讼“让我离结束这件事更近了一步，并专注于该地区的工作。”
Rep. Bowman pleads guilty after pulling fire alarm ahead of House spending bill vote
Rep. Jamaal Bowman pleaded guilty on Thursday after being charged with falselypulling the fire alarm at a congressional office building, a misdemeanor, before the House voted on a stopgap spending bill to fund the government last month.
"I'm thankful for the quick resolution from the District of Columbia Attorney General's office on this issue and grateful that the United States Capitol Police General Counsel's office agreed I did not obstruct nor intend to obstruct any House vote or proceedings. I am responsible for activating a fire alarm, I will be paying the fine issued, and look forward to these charges being ultimately dropped," Bowman initially said in a statement Wednesday after he was hit with the misdemeanor charge.
"I think we all know that Republicans will attempt to use this to distract everyone from their mess, but I look forward to putting this behind me and to continue working hard to deliver for New Yorkers," he said.
After his court appearance on Thursday, Bowman told ABC News, "I regret Capitol Police resources needed to be used to respond to that. I'm glad no one was hurt."
"I really regret that this caused so much confusion and that people had to evacuate and I just caused a disturbance," he added. "I hate that. It's pretty embarrassing."
Bowman's next appearance will be in January. Prosecutors will move to vacate that court date in compliance with the plea agreement he made: Bowman will have to pay the maximum fine of $1,000, write a letter of apology to Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger and serve three months' probation.
Court documents state that Bowman, D-N.Y., knowingly pulled the fire alarm in the Cannon House office building on Sept. 30 while the House was voting to keep the government funded.
Security camera footage reviewed by the Capitol Police showed Bowman looking at the doors which read "Emergency Exit Only Push Until Alarm sounds," and when those doors were locked, looked at the fire alarm and pulled it, according to the court documents.
The complaint states that after sounding the fire alarm, Bowman walked by Capitol Police officers and didn't say anything or alert them that he was the one that pulled the fire alarm.
Four minutes after pulling the alarm, he entered the Capitol.
Bowman previously told ABC News the incident was an "innocent mistake."
"I didn't know it would trigger the whole building," he has said.
In an interview with Capitol Police during their investigation, Bowman explained that the door he pulled was usually unlocked during votes and that he didn't tell anyone he pulled the fire alarm because he didn't want to miss votes to keep the government funded.
Still, Republicans accused Bowman of intentionally delaying the vote to allow more time for Democrats to vote to fund the government -- accusations Bowman swatted away.
He told reporters on Thursday, "I was trying to get out the door. I was rushing to a vote. I'm thankful that we have an agreement in place, and I'm thankful that in three months it's going to be dismissed. And now let's move on."
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He called the court proceeding "one step closer to getting this behind me and focusing on the work for the district."
