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At the conclusion of the trial, the Senate voted 57–43 to convict Trump of inciting insurrection, falling 10 votes short of the two-thirds majority required by the Constitution, and Trump was therefore acquitted. Seven Republican senators joined all Democratic and independent senators in voting to convict Trump, the largest bipartisan vote ...
The U.S. Senate acquitted Donald Trump for a second time on Saturday, concluding a five-day impeachment trial. The former president, who has been impeached twice by the House of Representatives ...
A total of 57 Senators voted to convict Trump of the impeachment article brought by the U.S. House of Representatives, with seven Republicans joining all 48 Democrats and the two independents in ...
In the days following Trump's second impeachment, then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) argued that, because the Senate was in pro forma sessions until January 19, it could not take on any business without the unanimous consent of its members. According to Senate rules, once articles of impeachment are presented to the Senate, the ...
Trump's Senate impeachment trial over the Capitol siege began on Tuesday afternoon. 6 Republicans broke ranks and voted with Democrats to declare Trump's impeachment trial constitutional after the ...
[186] [187] On February 13, following a five-day Senate trial, Trump was acquitted when the Senate voted 57–43 for conviction, falling ten votes short of the two-thirds majority required to convict; seven Republicans joined every Democrat in voting to convict, the most bipartisan support in any Senate impeachment trial of a president. [188] [189]
Here's a day-by-day roundup of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, held last week in Washington. What happened last week? The Senate held Trump's second impeachment ...
On February 5, 2020, the Senate found Trump not guilty of abuse of power, by a vote of 48–52, with Republican senator Mitt Romney being the only senator—and the first senator in U.S. history—to cross party lines by voting to convict, [22] [23] and not guilty of obstruction of Congress, by a vote of 47–53.