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US Senate Acquits Trump of 2 Articles of Impeachment

Kenneth Schwartz

   The U.S. Senate acquitted President Donald Trump of two articles of
   impeachment -- abuse of power and obstruction of Congress -- concluding
   a nearly four-month effort by congressional Democrats to remove Trump
   from office.

   During a solemn roll-call vote in the Senate chambers Wednesday
   afternoon with Chief Justice John Roberts presiding, the senators found
   Trump not guilty of abuse of power by a vote of 52 to 48, and not
   guilty of obstruction of Congress 53 to 47.

   In a tweet, Trump called the acquittal, "our Country's VICTORY on the
   Impeachment Hoax!"

     I will be making a public statement tomorrow at 12:00pm from the
     [1]@WhiteHouse to discuss our Country's VICTORY on the Impeachment
     Hoax!
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [2]February 5, 2020

   The White House put out a statement saying Trump has been fully
   vindicated and exonerated. The statement calls for "retribution"
   against House Democratic leaders for lying and what it says was a
   manufactured case against the president.
   The vote to acquit Trump of both charges brought by the
   Democratic-controlled House of Representatives was strictly along party
   lines. The sole Republican dissension was Utah Republican Sen. Mitt
   Romney, who voted guilty on the abuse of power charge, but not guilty
   on obstructing Congress.

   In a dramatic speech ahead of the vote, Romney said, "What the
   president did was wrong, egregiously wrong," in asking Ukraine to
   launch an investigation of one of Trump's chief 2020 Democratic
   challengers, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his son Hunter's work
   for a Ukrainian natural gas company.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1225179058000089090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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