Speaker Johnson Gets Bipartisan Standing Ovation After Announcing His First Bill The Capitol Police affidavit supporting the arrest warrant noted that after the alarm was pulled at the Cannon House Office Building, leading to an evacuation of the building, Capitol Police "Observed security camera footage that resulted in a radio run for a lookout for a black male, bald, in a dark suit, dark tie, with a pin on their lapel." "The defendant advised that the doors stated, 'emergency exit only push to open,' he pushed on the door and pulled the lever next to it, which must have been the alarm," the affidavit said.
"The defendant stated the door still did not open and he went to the first floor to exit. Your affiant asked the defendant if he heard alarm sounds or saw strobes and he stated 'yes.'" "The defendant was asked if he told anyone about this and the defendant stated he did not tell anyone, and that he was hurried because votes were called, and he did not want to miss the votes to keep the government funded," the affidavit said.
The affidavit then noted that the doors did in fact proclaim it to be emergency exits only.
The affidavit also noted that "The red fire pull alarm located on the wall to the left of the doors, painted red with printed white lettering, states, 'FIRE Push in Pull Down.'" The affidavit said that according to security footage Bowman "Proceeded to push the right-side exit door's push bar while grabbing the sign on it. When the right-side door did not open, the defendant then pushed the left-side door push bar, but that door did not open either."The defendant then turned to his left, looked at the emergency fire alarm pull station, and upon seeing it, he reached out and pulled the fire alarm down.
" "Immediately afterwards, the defendant turned to his left, away from the exit doors.
The defendant walked away from those doors without looking back at them or trying to push them open," the affidavit said.
" Bowman has said he was trying to push open a door and that hitting the alarm was inadvertent.
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