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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 ...
Donald Trump's second impeachment trial came to an end Saturday with 57 senators voting to convict, falling short of the two-thirds margin required to find him guilty of the charge of ...
[9] [c] The Senate voted to acquit both Johnson and Clinton in their trials. [10] [d] "Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors" by Congressman Brad Sherman. Congress's first efforts to impeach Trump were initiated by Democratic representatives Al Green and Brad Sherman in 2017. [13]
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 ...
After the January 6, 2021 United States Capitol attack (which followed month of efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election by Trump), several resolutions were introduced on January 11, 2021 to impeach the lame-duck Trump for a second time. One was adopted by the House on January 13, 2021.