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'

Jaime Herrera Beutler, the congresswoman for south-west Washington state at the center of last-minute drama at Donald Trump's second impeachment trial, has been a rare Republican supporter of the Democrat-led effort to convict the former president of inciting violence against the government of the United States".

Herrera Beutler, who has served as a representative since 2011, made her support to impeach Trump known six days after the Capitol riot in early January. The president of the United States incited a riot aiming to halt the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to the next," Herrera Beutler said then.