Much of the xo vote along the Senate party line declares the former president not guilty of inciting a riot.The U.S. Senate voted Saturday to acquit former President Donald Trump for inciting riots, ending Trump's second impeachment hearing. The vote comes five days after its run, with arguments focused on whether Trump incited the Jan. 6 attack on U.S. government agencies and whether it was constitutional at It will proceed with the hearing against the former president, who is now a private citizen.

Expected to be acquitted in most cases along the party line Although the Senate is split into 50-50, Vice President Kamala Harris may have equal votes as Senate President. But the impeachment ruling needs to have two-thirds of power for the conviction, meaning 17 Republican senators will have to break up Trump.In the end, 57-43 votes to be convicted, with 48 Democrats, two advisers and seven Republicans found to be guilty of Trump. The Republicans who voted alongside Democratic senators to convict Trump are Sens Susan Collins, Mitt Romney, Lisa Murkowski, Ben Sasse, Pat Toomey, Bill Cassidy and Richard Burr.

It is the most bipartisan conviction we've seen in the Senate for impeaching the president," Prosecution Chief Representative Jamie Raskin said Saturday afternoon.Read more: Trump was quickly acquitted in the impeachment trial: what happens next?
Confidence is an unlikely outcome from the start. In a Jan. 25 vote led by Sen. Rand Paul, whether the former president's impeachment trial is unconstitutional, just five Republicans voted in favor of the trial. The first day of the impeachment hearing earlier this week saw similar votes, with only six Republicans voting with Democrats to continue.After being acquitted on Saturday, New York Democrat Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer released the decision, saying the case was "open and closed".

Even more surprising was a speech by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, who, despite the vote not guilty, Trump was "held accountable for" the wrongdoing. The practice and morality of incitement "the attack on the agency McConnell said he voted out of office because he believed the Senate did not hold constitutional powers to convict the former president.In a statement after the ruling, Trump accused Democrats of changing. "Justice is a tool for political revenge" and defends his record. “I have and will always be the champion of the unchanging rule of law, the hero of law enforcement and the right of Americans to discuss issues today in peace and dignity, without malice and without malice and without malice. Hate, "he said.

During the trial, prosecutors relied on disturbing video footage showing the congressional riot, as well as video and audio clips and social media posts showing Trump repeatedly urging supporters to march in the congressional building. On Jan. 6, and in the days leading up to that date, the home prosecution manager also expressed a tweet in which Trump praised the violent actions by his supporters leading up to the 2020 election, including tween. Later, he seemed to continue to stir up violence during the riots. Trump, the home prosecution manager, said: It was "done nothing" to protect lawmakers in danger during the riots.

Trump's defense team used more upsetting constitutional and legal arguments to argue that the ruling violates the former president's First Amendment rights, and they claim the term The Trump rally's speech was out of context, saying Democratic leaders had used similar language in the past to make claims. With their own supporters to "fight"The trial began on Feb. 9, with Trump facing indictment articles for inciting an uprising about the Capitol riots that killed five people, including a Capitol police officer, in his speech. In a speech that day in front of the White House, Trump urged supporters to march to the House of Commons,

where lawmakers are beginning the process of confirming Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election. Riot and later debuted on January 20.Although the Senate could later consider the bipartisan condemnation against Trump as a formal and non-binding statement about the disagreement, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi mocked the option during a post-hearing press conference. The case by calling the blame "Slap in the face of the Constitution"We blame people for misusing their stationery," Pelosi said. "We do not blame people for inciting riots that killed people in the town hall.