Trump acquitted in trial amid rupture in GOP
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Trump acquitted in trial amid rupture in GOP
Chidanand Rajghatta / TNN / Feb 14, 2021, 19:06 IST
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The US Senate votes to acquit former U.S. President Donald Trump by a vote of 57 guilty to 43 not guilty, short of the 2/3s majority needed to convict, during the fifth day of the impeachment trial of the former president (Reuters)
WASHINGTON: Former US President Donald Trump was acquitted Saturday on charges of inciting a mob attack on the Capitol on January 6 amid signs that his stranglehold on the Republican Party is loosening.
Seven Republican Senators joined 50 Democrats in a 57-43 voting result, but it was not sufficient to reach the 2/3rd supermajority threshold (67/100) required to convict Trump. Despite overwhelming evidence of his culpability and a majority of Senators believing it, a minority 43 Republican lawmakers, many fearful of threats from Trump s extremist supporters, chose to
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Democrats detail how close rioters got to members of Congress on January 6
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House managers wrapped up their first day of arguments during the second day in former President Donald Trump’s historic impeachment trial.
The managers highlighted several videos of previously unseen security camera footage from the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection, detailing how close lawmakers and their staff were to potential violence.
Several GOP senators were emotional after the videos, calling them “disturbing.”