More than 370 Capitol Hill staff signed an open letter to senators asking them to convict Trump. This request stems from Trump's "role in inciting the violent attack at the Capitol," per the letter.
"For our sake, and the sake of the country, we ask that they vote to convict the former president and bar him from ever holding office again," they wrote.
More than 370 Capitol Hill staff signed a letter Wednesday asking US senators to convict former President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial.
"On January 6, 2021, our workplace was attacked by a violent mob trying to stop the electoral college vote count," the letter, which was signed by predominantly Democratic staff, said.
"That mob was incited by former president Donald J. Trump and his political allies, some of whom we pass every day in the hallways at work."
The letter went on to say that many of its signatories went to school after the deadly Columbine High School massacre in Colorado in 1999 "and were trained to respond to active shooter situations in our classrooms."
"As the mob smashed through Capitol Police barricades, broke doors and windows, and charged into the Capitol with body armor and weapons, many of us hid behind chairs and under desks or barricaded ourselves in offices. Others watched on TV and frantically tried to reach bosses and colleagues as they fled for their lives," the letter said.
The staff faulted Trump for violating the US's "legacy" of the peaceful transfer of power by egging his supporters to march on the Capitol and block Congress from formalizing Biden's victory. The resulting insurrection led to six deaths.
"A Capitol Police officer - one of our co-workers who guards and greets us every day - was beaten to death," the letter said, referring to Brian Sicknick, who died from brain injuries sustained after Trump supporters beat him with a fire extinguisher.
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