<p>SEATTLE — Rep. Jamie Herrera Beutler, one of 10 Republican U.S. House members who voted to impeach Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, says she will vote to retain Rep. Liz Cheney in Republican leadership.</p>
<p>Cheney, who also voted to impeach the former president, is expected to be ousted from her position this week.</p>
<p>“Jaime will be voting to keep the House leadership in place,” Beutler’s spokesman Craig Wheeler <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/rep-jaime-herrera-beutler-will-vote-to-keep-liz-cheney-in-house-republican-leadership/?utm_source=marketingcloud&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BNA_051121210800+BREAKING+WA+U.S.+Rep.+Jaime+Herrera+Beutler+will+vote+to+keep+Liz+Cheney+in+leaders_5_11_2021&utm_term=Registered%20User">told</a> The Seattle Times in an email. Wheeler said the congresswoman had no additional comment.</p>
<p>Beutler represents the 3rd Congressional District in southwest Washington.</p>
<p>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has set a Wednesday vote for removing Cheney from her No. 3 Republican leadership post. He sent a letter Monday to GOP lawmakers saying it was clear that he and his fellow Republicans “need to make a change.” </p>
<p>McCarthy’s letter did not mention Cheney or Trump by name. But the move comes after Cheney repeatedly challenged Trump’s false assertions pinning his November re-election defeat on widespread voting fraud and criticized Trump’s role in encouraging supporters’ Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.</p>
<p>Beutler was at the center of a debate in February in the Senate over whether the former president dismissed lawmakers’ pleas for help when his supporters stormed the Capitol. </p>
<p>She said Trump rebuffed a request from McCarthy, which upended Trump’s Senate trial and sparked a fight about calling Beutler as a witness. </p>
