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It is incitement to insurrection. We could conduct a trial in a concise amount of time because the evidence that's needed is pretty direct." [78] In the run-up to the trial, a number of Republican senators opposed holding a trial. [79] [80] Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky continued to make false claims of election fraud.
The trial saw no witnesses or documents being subpoenaed, as Republican senators rejected attempts to introduce subpoenas. On February 5, Trump was acquitted on both counts by the Senate, as neither count received 67 votes to convict. [7] Trump remained in office for the remainder of his term.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, who appeared alongside Vance and other GOP lawmakers at court on Monday, said they spoke at Trump’s trial to “overcome this gag order.”
[187] [better source needed] The following day, Senator Joni Ernst (Republican, Iowa) said she believed the trial would hurt Biden in the Iowa caucuses on February 3. A Biden spokesperson replied, "Senator Ernst just said the quiet part out loud: Republicans are terrified that Joe Biden will be the Democratic nominee, defeat Donald Trump, and ...
Three criminal trials, one civil trial, and 50 primaries all within 11 months. How will Donald Trump manage a presidential campaign and his many legal trials in one year? Ariana Baio breaks it down
Former president running for White House while battling myriad indictments and legal cases
Many Republican senators challenged the validity of holding an impeachment trial for a president no longer in office; proponents cited the Senate's 1876 trial of William W. Belknap, the Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant, who was impeached, but not convicted, after resigning from office immediately before a House vote on his ...
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was fully acquitted Saturday of corruption charges in a historic impeachment trial, a resounding verdict that reaffirms the power of the GOP's hard ...