FOG BLOG U.S. POLITICS BREAKING NEWS LOG: DONALD TRUMP ACQUITTED IN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL:
FINAL ARGUMENTS WERE MADE ON BOTH SIDES BUT WHEN IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE, SENATE FAILED TO GET 2/3 MAJORITY TO CONVICT AND IMPEACH TRUMP!......
Senate fails to achieve two-thirds majority needed to convict
Trump thanks supporters and complaints about ‘witch-hunt
Donald Trump has been acquitted by the Senate in an impeachment trial for his role in the 6 January attack on the US Capitol – a verdict that underscores the sway America’s 45th president still holds over the Republican party even after leaving office. Senate votes to acquit as Trump celebrates: our movement 'has only just begun' - live Read more Rendering its judgment for history, a divided Senate fell short of the two-thirds majority required to convict the former president of high crimes and misdemeanors over his months-long quest to overturn his election defeat and its deadly conclusion on 6 January, when Congress met to formalize the results of the election. After just five days of debate – the fastest presidential impeachment trial in American history – seven Republicans joined every Democrat in declaring Trump guilty on the charge of “incitement of insurrection”. Trump was the first US president to be impeached twice and is now the first president to be twice acquitted. If convicted, he could have been barred from holding office in the future, but this decision now paves the way – should Trump want to run again – for another tilt at the White House in 2024.
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