He was acquitted of both charges earlier today.
Senators vote on the first article of impeachment during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate. Image: AP/PA Images Senators vote on the first article of impeachment during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate. Image: AP/PA Images PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP was acquitted today after a two-week impeachment trial in the Senate.
In the House of Representatives, lawmakers spent hours arguing boisterously before voting largely along party lines on whether to charge Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in the Ukraine scandal. Outside Washington, Americans interviewed by AFP voiced opinions that largely fell in line with those of their political party.
In Congress he can count on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to keep the party’s lawmakers in line. Two senators did defect in a vote on calling witnesses in the trial, which would have stretched it out longer. Since the Democrats retook control of the House in 2019, hundreds of bills passed by that chamber have been held up in the Senate.
Schiff, the lead Democratic prosecutor, or House manager, kept lawmakers spellbound for hours with deftly delivered, highly detailed accounts of what happened in the scandal, with a bit of dramatic flair to boot.
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