
World / Politics Feb 14, 2021
Trump is acquitted for second time even as seven Republicans vote to impeach
With most of Trump’s party coalescing around him, the 57-43 tally fell 10 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict.
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With most of Trump’s party coalescing around him, the 57-43 tally fell 10 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict.
Few Republicans appeared ready to repudiate a leader who maintains broad sway over their party by joining Democrats in convicting him.
Many Republican senators have been waiting for a sign from the Senate majority leader before deciding whether to convict Donald Trump for "incitement of insurrection.”
The impeachment article invoked the 14th Amendment, which prohibits anyone who "engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the United States from holding future office.
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