Washington D.C., Feb 13, 2021 / 14:30 pm
Former President Donald Trump has once again been acquitted by the Senate in an impeachment trial.
The Senate voted 57-43 on Saturday, February 13 to acquit Trump of the charge of "incitement of insurrection." While this represents a majority of senators, this number is ten votes short of the two-thirds majority of votes required to convict.
The trial came to an abrupt end on Saturday afternoon after the Senate decided to not call forth any witnesses.
Seven Republican senators--Sens. Richard Burr (R-NC), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Ben Sasse (R-NE) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) joined all Democratic senators in voting to convict the former president.