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Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) speaks during a House appropriations subcommittee hearing on June 4 in Washington.
Who is Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, whose tweet upended Trump’s impeachment trial?
Feb. 14 - ,,,Herrera Beutler, 42, is a rarity in the GOP, one of the party’s few women of color and part of a dwindling number of congressional Republicans who hold seats on the West Coast. In a decade in Congress, she has kept a relatively low profile, known for prioritizing hyperlocal matters over national issues — she’s a major proponent of the salmon industry in her district — and cultivating moderate stances on health care and immigration.
Born to a White mother and a Mexican American father, she studied communications at the University of Washington and got her start as a legislative intern and congressional staffer. In 2007, she was appointed to a Washington state House of Representatives seat, replacing a member who resigned amid a sex scandal... quoted from
Jaime Herrera Beutler, a Republican representative of Washington state, speaks during Trump’s impeachment trial.
The GOP representative at center of Trump impeachment trial drama
Jaime Herrera Beutler makes rebuke of Trump known six days after Capitol riot, saying it halted ‘the peaceful transfer of power’
Feb. 14 - ...In the statement, Herrera Beutler described Republican leader Kevin McCarthy as “pleading with the president to go on television and call for an end to the mayhem, to no avail”.
Late on Friday, Herrera Beutler went further, saying she was told by McCarthy that Trump initially sided with supporters. She urged Republican “patriots” to come forward and share what they know about the conversation in which Trump is alleged to have told McCarthy that rioters at the Capitol were “more upset about the election” than the congressional minority leader was.... source
Who is Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, whose tweet upended Trump’s impeachment trial?
Feb. 14 - ,,,Herrera Beutler, 42, is a rarity in the GOP, one of the party’s few women of color and part of a dwindling number of congressional Republicans who hold seats on the West Coast. In a decade in Congress, she has kept a relatively low profile, known for prioritizing hyperlocal matters over national issues — she’s a major proponent of the salmon industry in her district — and cultivating moderate stances on health care and immigration.
Born to a White mother and a Mexican American father, she studied communications at the University of Washington and got her start as a legislative intern and congressional staffer. In 2007, she was appointed to a Washington state House of Representatives seat, replacing a member who resigned amid a sex scandal... quoted from
Jaime Herrera Beutler, a Republican representative of Washington state, speaks during Trump’s impeachment trial.
The GOP representative at center of Trump impeachment trial drama
Jaime Herrera Beutler makes rebuke of Trump known six days after Capitol riot, saying it halted ‘the peaceful transfer of power’
Feb. 14 - ...In the statement, Herrera Beutler described Republican leader Kevin McCarthy as “pleading with the president to go on television and call for an end to the mayhem, to no avail”.
Late on Friday, Herrera Beutler went further, saying she was told by McCarthy that Trump initially sided with supporters. She urged Republican “patriots” to come forward and share what they know about the conversation in which Trump is alleged to have told McCarthy that rioters at the Capitol were “more upset about the election” than the congressional minority leader was.... source
Hear Schumer's full remarks after Trump's acquittal in Senate
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer delivers remarks after senators voted to acquit former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial. Seven Republican senators joined 50 Democrats to vote to convict Trump for inciting the Capitol riot on January 6.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer delivers remarks after senators voted to acquit former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial. Seven Republican senators joined 50 Democrats to vote to convict Trump for inciting the Capitol riot on January 6.
Republican congresswoman Jamie Herrera Beutler upended the trial with revelations about a phone call between Donald Trump and Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy.
‘Complete farce’: Witness plot twist upends Trump impeachment trial
Feb. 14, Washington - Democrats have backed down on calling witnesses to appear at Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, paving the way for a speedy final vote on whether the former president was guilty of inciting the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
A surprise move by the Democratic impeachment managers to call witnesses to testify threw the trial into disarray for several hours and threatened to extend the process for weeks longer than expected.
The Democrats secured the votes required to call witnesses but later abandoned that plan and agreed to move on to concluding arguments and a final vote.
The witness debate blindsided both Democratic and Republican senators, who had expected the trial to move towards a speedy conclusion on Sunday (AEDT).
That timeline was derailed at the last minute by revelations from Republican congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler about a phone call between Trump and Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy on the day of the assault on the Capitol.
Herrera Beutler’s claims were reported by CNN as senators were concluding a question-and-answer session with the prosecution and defence legal teams on Saturday (AEDT).
Herrera Beutler alleged that as a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, McCarthy asked the then-president to publicly “call off the riot” and told Trump the rioters were his supporters rather than far-left activists.
In a statement released on Twitter, Herrera Beutler said that Trump then told McCarthy: “Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.”
Jamie Raskin, the Democrats’ lead House impeachment manager, called for Herrera Beutler to appear as a witness at the trial to discuss the conversation between Trump and McCarthy. He said she could appear via Zoom for a one-hour deposition.
The Senate then voted 55-45 to call witnesses to the trial with five Republicans joining all 50 Democrats on the issue.
But after frenzied negotiations between Democrats and Republicans, the Senate reconvened and voted instead to put a CNN article containing Herrera Beutler’s allegations into the official record instead of calling witnesses.
During the initial vote, some senators appeared confused about what exactly they were voting on.
After voting not to hear witnesses, Republican Senator Dan Sullivan asked for clarification about the nature of the vote while Republican Senator Lindsey Graham – one of Trump’s most loyal allies in Congress – changed his vote to a yes.
Trump defence lawyer Michael van der Veen appeared surprised by the move and threatened to depose 100 witnesses to appear at the trial.
“Now is the time to hear closing arguments, now is the time to vote your conscience,” he said.
After the vote on witnesses, Republican Senator Marco Rubio described the trial as a “complete farce”.
“Now that we are going to have witnesses, no one can claim this is a fair trial unless both sides are now allowed to call them,” Rubio said.
Earlier in the day, Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell announced in a letter to colleagues that he would vote to acquit Trump.
“While a close call, I am persuaded that impeachments are a tool primarily of removal and we therefore lack jurisdiction,” McConnell wrote in his letter. source
