The fourth
presidential impeachment trial in American history is over. Former US President
Donald Trump was on Saturday February 13, acquitted for his alleged role of
inciting the Jan 6 deadly riot at the US Capitol. His acquittal comes exactly
one month and a week after the attack on the Capitol. More senators voted to convict
Trump, but failed to reach the majority threshold of two-thirds necessary to
convict; the vote fell 10 short, the final vote being 57-43.
Seven
Republican senators - Senators Mitt Romney
of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Ben Sasse of
Nebraska, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Richard Burr of North Carolina and Pat
Toomey of Pennsylvania - joined the Dems to vote Trump guilty of
"incitement of insurrection".
"This
has been yet another phase of the greatest witch hunt in the history of our
Country. No president has ever gone through anything like it, and it continues
because our opponents cannot forget the almost 75 million people, the highest
number ever for a sitting president, who voted for us just a few short months
ago," Trump said in a statement.
"Our
historic, patriotic and beautiful movement to Make America Great Again has only
just begun. In the months ahead I have much to share with you, and I look
forward to continuing our incredible journey together to achieve American
greatness for all of our people. There has never been anything like it!"
the statement continued.
Trump
is the first US president to be impeached twice and the first to face an
impeachment trial after leaving office.
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