WASHINGTON – Virgin Islands Stacey Plaskett has limited privileges as a member of Congress because she represents a U.S. territory: she cannot cast votes on the House floor.
She could not vote to accuse President Trump, but will now be able to file a case against him in his Senate trial as an accusation manager elected by Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Wednesday on Twitter, did she mr. Trump accused of ‘behavior that foreseeably led to the looming lawless actions of his supporters’ when he incited a mob that assaulted the Capitol last week.
Born in Brooklyn to parents from the Virgin Islands, Ms. Plaskett earned a degree in history and diplomacy from Georgetown University and a degree from Washington University’s Washington College of Law. She has worked as an assistant district attorney in the Bronx, as an advocate for the House Ethics Committee, and as a political appointee in the Department of Justice under President George W. Bush, among others.
Me. Plaskett moved to the Virgin Islands, where she works in the private sector, before being elected in 2014 to represent the group of islands located southeast of Florida in the Caribbean Sea. Me. During her career in Congress, Plaskett prioritized economic development in the Caribbean. She is also a member of the Congressional Black Caucus.
In a letter from 2019 to Mrs. Pelosi in which Mrs. Plaskett asked to become a house charge manager in the first trial of Mr. Trump, she mentions the weight that the decision will carry for her voters, who do not have the full right to vote. as well as her years of experience in civil service and as a prosecutor.
“The party says that black women are the base and our primary support, and that there are five black women in the House who are lawyers and only two of us are former prosecutors,” she said. Plaskett said in the letter, according to BuzzFeed News.
Me. Plaskett was not selected the first time. But Mrs. Pelosi announced on Tuesday night that Mrs. Plaskett will help file the second case against Mr. To make Trump.