The US Senate voted Saturday to acquit former US President Donald Trump of inciting insurrection at an impeachment trial triggered by the January 6 storming of the Capitol.
In the final tally, 57 Senators endorsed and 43 rejected a single article of impeachment accusing Trump of inciting the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Seven Republicans joined ranks with the entire Democratic caucus in voting for Trump’s conviction.
The conviction required a two-thirds majority vote of at least 67 out of 100 Senators.
Following his acquittal, the former president thanked his lawyers and other members of his team, as well as all the Congress members who defended the Constitution.
Our historic, patriotic and beautiful movement to Make America Great Again has only just begun,” Trump was quoted as saying by local media.
The vote caps a five-day trial that was set to run much longer before Democrats backtracked Saturday on calling witnesses.
Donald Trump is the first president in US history to be impeached twice. The Republican-controlled Senate cleared him last February of charges of pressuring Ukraine to probe the current president and his family.
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