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The senators voted 51-48 against considering the first article of impeachment, with one Republican, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, voting present. The vote to kill the second article split 51-49 ...
A 57-43 majority of the Senate voted to convict Trump, but fell short of the two-thirds majority required for conviction. Live impeachment updates: In historic vote, Senate acquits Trump. Again.
The Senate met Wednesday to take up the articles of impeachment against Mayorkas. All 100 senators, including Senate President Pro Tem Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington, were sworn in as ...
[190] Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) said "Today, I voted to affirm that these impeachment proceedings are unconstitutional. Based on the information I have right now, I voted today and will vote again later in the impeachment trial to dismiss the impeachment proceedings against former President Trump."
The articles of impeachment were submitted to the Senate on January 16-31, 2020, initiating an impeachment trial. The trial saw no witnesses or documents being subpoenaed, as Republican senators rejected attempts to introduce subpoenas. On February 5, Trump was acquitted on both counts by the Senate, as neither count received 67 votes to ...
On February 5, 2020, the Senate found Trump not guilty of abuse of power, by a vote of 48–52, with Republican senator Mitt Romney being the only senator—and the first senator in U.S. history—to cross party lines by voting to convict, [22] [23] and not guilty of obstruction of Congress, by a vote of 47–53.
Trump's legal team repeatedly pointed to statements by Democrats as they argued the former president's speech before the Capitol riots is protected.
Despite the verdict being for acquittal, the result was the most bipartisan presidential impeachment conviction vote to date. In Trump's first impeachment trial, Romney became the first senator to vote to convict a president from his own party. [209] The voting was marked by tension in the Senate chamber.