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Published: 16 Feb 2021 11:13 PM BdST
Updated: 16 Feb 2021 11:13 PM BdST US President Donald Trump looks on as he speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One to depart Washington on travel to visit the US-Mexico border Wall in Texas, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, January 12, 2021. REUTERS
Donald Trump s legal troubles are far from over, despite his acquittal in the US Senate impeachment trial that ended on Saturday. );
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US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell noted this just moments after voting to acquit Trump, saying the courts are the proper forum for holding the former president accountable for his role in the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol by Trump supporters.
"President Trump is still liable for everything he did while he was in office as an ordinary citizen," McConnell said on the Senate floor. "He didn t get away with anything. Yet." Here s an explanation of how Trump s leaving office affects his criminal and civil exposure.
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The Senate voted Saturday to acquit Donald Trump of a charge of inciting the deadly attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, bringing the historic second impeachment trial of the former president to a close.
Fifty-seven senators voted to find Trump guilty short of the two-thirds threshold needed for a conviction while 43 voted to find him not guilty. Seven Republicans joined the 50 members of the Democratic caucus in voting for conviction.