The first charge, of abuse of power, obtained 52 votes in favor of innocence and 48 against. The accusation of obstruction to Congress 53 votes for “innocent” and 47 for “guilty”.
Of the 48 votes that led to the acquittal of the abuse of power accusation, 47 came from Democrats and only one came from a Republican: Mitt Romney, who had already advanced this Wednesday who was going to vote to convict Donald Trump.
The Republican senator argued that the President’s actions mirror “a flagrant assault on electoral rights, national security and fundamental values” of the Americans.
Donald Trump has already reacted to the result of the votes, posting a video on Twitter that alludes to the presidential campaign and ends with the phrase “Trump forever”.
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 5, 2020
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The process of impeachment it was lifted last December by the Democratic opposition, after almost two weeks of discussion around two articles for dismissal that were approved by the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives.
Republicans have a majority in the Senate (53-47) and, for that reason, today’s vote was expected to result in the acquittal of the President, although several senators have not previously indicated their voting direction.
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In the final allegations this week, Democrats insisted on the version that Trump abused his office by putting pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate the activity of the Democratic rival Joe Biden’s family and that he tried to disrupt the investigation carried out by the House of Representatives.
The President’s team of lawyers returned to the argument that there was no pressure from any foreign leader, also denying any act of obstruction to Congress.
Donald Trump has repeated that everything is just a “witch hunt” designed to undermine your campaign for re-election in the presidential elections next November.
This was the third trial of impeachment in the history of the United States (in addition to those of Andrew Johnson, in 1868, and Bill Clinton, in 1998) and also in the two previous cases, the dismissal processes absolved the presidents.
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