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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 ...
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 ...
In an early rebuke of Trump’s defense strategy, six Republican senators joined all 50 Democrats in voting 56-44 to confirm he can stand trial despite being out of office.
The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States (in office from 2017 to 2021), began on February 9, 2021, and concluded with his acquittal on February 13. Donald Trump had been impeached for the second time by the House of Representatives on January 13, 2021.
Senate Republicans voted overwhelmingly Tuesday against moving forward with Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial, making clear a conviction of the former president for “incitement ...
[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]
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 ...
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.