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Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) can be seen on video removing warning signs from an emergency exit before pulling a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building last month.
The footage of the incident from Sept. 30 shows Bowman pulling the signs off the door, pulling the fire alarm, and walking away. The New York Democrat was charged with a misdemeanor for the incident that prompted an evacuation of the building ahead of a pivotal vote on a stopgap measure to avert a government shutdown.
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