House Ethics Committee Rejects Probe into Rep. Bowman Over Fire Alarm Incident

The House Ethics Committee ruled against starting a probe into Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) for pulling a House office building fire alarm in September. In a press release issued on Nov. 22, the committee announced its decision not to investigate the New York representative, following charges being filed by the D.C. Attorney General’s Office. Mr. Bowman was charged with a misdemeanor on Oct. 25 for falsely activating a fire alarm at a congressional building on Capitol Hill in September. Court documents in the D.C. Superior Court say the New York lawmaker knowingly pulled the fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building on Sept. 30 while the House prepared to vote on stopgap government funding legislation that Democrats were attempting to postpone....