One of the witnesses they were contemplating calling was a Republican member of the House of Representatives, Jaime Herrera Beutler, who had voted to impeach Trump. Jaime had been diligent in considering her impeachment vote. She had taken careful notes, for example, of Kevin McCarthy’s description of a call he had with Donald Trump during the violence on January 6. McCarthy had described this call many times in meetings with other House Republicans. Dozens had heard him tell the story of being evacuated from his office as the rioters were breaking in, including some of the details of the
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