Former President Donald Trump on Saturday was acquitted by the U.S. Senate of the charge that he incited the deadly insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
For the second time in 13 months, the Senate on Saturday voted to acquit former President Donald Trump of impeachment.
The Senate needed two-thirds of the 100-member body to vote against Trump in order to convict him of the charge he incited the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, but fell short with 57 members finding him guilty and 43 finding him not guilty.
All 48 Democrats, both independents and seven Republicans voted against Trump.
The GOP senators who voted to convict Trump were Richard Burr of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. R
Romney was the only Republican to vote to convict at Trump’s first impeachment trial while both Burr and Toomey are set to retire at the end of their current terms.
The trial began Tuesday but wrapped up quickly after Trump’s defense team kept their arguments short and Democrats opted not to push for witnesses earlier Saturday.