Representative Jamaal Bowman (D., N.Y.) was charged by Capitol Police with a misdemeanor on Wednesday for pulling a fire alarm under false pretenses to delay a House spending vote.

Bowman, a member of the progressive informal group of legislators known as “the Squad,” said in an affidavit filed in a Washington, D.C., Superior Court that the alarm triggered “was [from] a usual door he uses” during votes and that he “did not tell anyone” about the incident until the Sergeant at Arms contacted him.

The representative denied any intention “to cause a fire alarm,” “to cause a security concern,” or disruption aimed at obstructing a congressional proceeding.