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For the second time in one year, Donald Trump was acquitted in an impeachment trial by the Senate. Fifty-seven senators voted to convict him for inciting the far-right mob that carried out the Jan. 6 assault on Congress, falling far short of the 67 required. Only seven Republicans broke ranks and supported a conviction.
This outcome marks one of the most remarkable turnarounds in modern U.S. politics as Trump is resuscitated from near political death. But because of the approach adopted by the Democratic Party in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack, Trump’s acquittal was essentially a foregone conclusion.
Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell delivered a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump on Saturday despite voting to acquit the former president on an impeachment charge, saying he was responsible for the January 6 mob assault on the US Capitol.