Senate to Include Beutler Statement Into Trump Impeachment Record, Move to Closing Arguments
From Epoch Times:
The Senate, House impeachment managers, and former President Donald Trump’s counsels have agreed to enter a statement by Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) into the record of Trump’s impeachment trial as evidence, with the trial moving to the closing arguments phase ahead of a vote on whether to convict. Beutler said in recent tweets and a statement that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) spoke with Trump as a mob was storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and that the president hesitated to call off the riots at McCarthy’s request. Trump allegedly believed it was Antifa that had breached the Capitol in the first place. “Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are,” Trump is reported to have told McCarthy after McCarthy reportedly refuted the Antifa narrative. The Epoch Times could not independently verify Beutler’s statement. Trump and McCarthy’s offices didn’t respond to requests …
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