Senate acquits Trump in second impeachment trial

Cassidy Votes to Convict President Donald Trump
February 13, 2021
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February 14, 2021
Cassidy Votes to Convict President Donald Trump
February 13, 2021
Winter Weather Advisories in place ahead of frigid weather
February 14, 2021

With a final vote of 57-43 assuring his acquittal, the Senate did not reach the two-thirds majority necessary to convict former President Trump on charges of high crimes and misdemeanors, stemming from the deadly January 6 attack on the Capitol.


 

The seven Republican senators who voted to convict were: Bill Cassidy of Louisiana; Susan Collins of Maine; Lisa Murkowski of Alaska; Mitt Romney of Utah; Ben Sasse of Nebraska; Richard Burr of North Carolina; and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.

 

Trump is the first president in U.S. history to be impeached by the House twice, and the first to be tried for impeachment after leaving office.