Plaskett makes history for Virgin Islands after role in impeachment

[DonViejo]

BY NAOMI JAGODA - 02/25/21 06:01 AM EST

Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) rose to national prominence as one of the impeachment managers during former President Trump’s second trial. She says she’s working to determine how to use that new attention to best help the residents of the territory she represents.

“The attention that I’ve gotten from it is something I completely was not expecting,” Plaskett said in an interview with The Hill this week. She added that she’s “figuring out how to utilize this for the good of the agenda that I came to Washington for, and that’s for the people of the Virgin Islands, for the Caribbean region, as well as for just underserved communities.”

Plaskett is the first delegate to ever serve as an impeachment manager, and her status as a nonvoting delegate meant that she could not cast a vote herself to impeach Trump.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) cited Plaskett’s experience working in the Bronx district attorney’s office and the Department of Justice when she named Plaskett to the impeachment team.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/540425-plaskett-makes-history-for-virgin-islands-after-role-in-impeachment

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1. She is amazing. I was so impressed with her. n/t