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Trump's Role in US Republican Politics Uncertain after Impeachment Acquittal

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - The political fortunes of former U.S. President Donald
   Trump are now an open question, even after the Senate acquitted him of
   allegations that he incited insurrection last month by urging hundreds
   of his supporters to confront lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol as they
   were certifying his election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.

   Moments after the Senate voted 57-43 on Saturday to convict Trump but
   falling short of the required 67 votes needed to do so, the former
   president said he was not done with political life. Trump gave no
   explicit hint that he might attempt another run for the presidency in
   2024, as he suggested he might when he left office last month. The
   House of Representatives impeached Trump in January on the single
   charge of "incitement of insurrection."

   Trump called the impeachment case against him "another phase of the
   greatest witch hunt in the history of our country. No president has
   ever gone through anything like it."

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