With a vote of 57-43, former president Donald J. Trump was acquitted on the charge of “incitement of insurrection” at his historic second impeachment trial.
Seven Republican Senators joined all 50 Senate Democrats in voting guilty, but they fell 10 votes short of the threshold for conviction:
Burr (NC)
Cassidy (LA)
Collins (ME)
Murkowski (AK)
Romney (UT)
Sasse (NE)
Toomey (PA)
The Democrats argued in the short trial that Trump caused the violent attack by repeating for months the false claims that the election was stolen from him, and then telling his supporters gathered near the White House that morning to “fight like hell” to overturn his defeat. Five people died when they then laid siege to the Capitol.
Trump’s lawyers argued that the rioters acted on their own accord and that he was protected by freedom of speech, an argument that resonated with most Republicans. They said the case was brought on by Democrats’ “hatred” of Trump.
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