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| Subject: Donald Trump Has Been Acquitted Of Both Articles Of Impeachment Wed Feb 05, 2020 6:00 pm | |
| Donald Trump Has Been Acquitted Of Both Articles Of Impeachment Trump will remain in office after the Senate voted to clear him of the charges that have dogged his presidency for months. BuzzFeed Last updated on February 5, 2020, at 6:19 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — The US Senate has voted to acquit President Donald Trump of both impeachment charges he faced. He will not be removed from office.
The Senate voted Wednesday afternoon, mostly across party lines, to dismiss the impeachment articles of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Sen. Mitt Romney was the only Republican to join Democrats in voting to remove Trump from office over the abuse of power charge. Romney joined the rest of the Senate’s 52 Republicans in voting against the second charge.
Trump was found not guilty of abuse of power on a 52–48 vote and not guilty of obstruction of Congress on a 53–47 vote.
Trump's defense team and allies had repeatedly argued the impeachment and removal trial were not bipartisan, seeking to delegitimize the proceedings. Following the vote, Trump's lawyer Jay Sekulow said he had "no reaction" to Romney's decision. Asked about the bipartisan nature of the conviction, Sekulow repeatedly said, “It was one vote on one count.”
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham took a similar line, saying in a statement, "only the President’s political opponents — all Democrats, and one failed Republican presidential candidate — voted for the manufactured impeachment articles."
Trump's initial response to the vote was to tweet a video of a fake Time magazine cover suggesting he will be president forever. He later tweeted that he will speak at 12 p.m. Thursday from the White House "to discuss our Country’s VICTORY on the Impeachment Hoax!" Trump's campaign, meanwhile, said it "only got bigger and stronger as a result of this nonsense" and crowed that the president had been "totally vindicated."
Romney’s vote is politically awkward for Senate Republicans because they have spent recent weeks portraying the House votes to impeach Trump as purely partisan. Not a single House Republican voted in favor of either impeachment article, they have repeatedly stressed, whereas opposition was “bipartisan” because two Democrats voted against at least one article (one of those Democrats, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, has since joined the Republican Party).
Romney’s vote flipped that dynamic. Democrats can now advertise there was a bipartisan vote to remove Trump from office, blocked only by Republicans.
Sen. Bernie Sanders said "it’s a sad day for the country" as he left the Senate. "I think that the acquittal of Trump and the fact that we only had one Republican voting to impeach sends a signal to future presidents that you can operate above the law. You don't have to pay attention to the Constitution," he said.
Trump’s impeachment trial took just over two weeks, the shortest of the three presidential impeachment trials in US history. The 1999 trial of Bill Clinton lasted five weeks, and the 1868 trial of Andrew Johnson lasted over seven weeks.
Trump was impeached by the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives in December over charges that he abused the powers of his office to withhold nearly $400 million in military aid from Ukraine in exchange for the country launching an investigation into the family of a political rival, former vice president Joe Biden. The administration stonewalled the House impeachment inquiry, leading to a second charge of obstruction of Congress.
Democrats denounced the Senate trial as a sham because Republicans blocked all attempts to subpoena additional documents or witnesses, including John Bolton, in particular; the former national security adviser reportedly wrote in a forthcoming book manuscript that Trump told him directly he was withholding the Ukrainian aid in exchange for the Biden investigation.
Republicans rejected the charges against Trump as a politically motivated attempt to overturn the results of the last election.
A couple of hours before senators were to vote on the impeachment articles, protesters filed into the Capitol's rotunda. A group of 10 locked arms during a sit-in and shouted “Trump is guilty,” many of them wearing shirts that read “ARREST TRUMP” and “AN ACQUITTAL IS A COVER-UP.” Capitol Police removed the protesters within minutes and escorted them out of the building.
It had long been clear that Trump would not be removed from office. Conviction required supermajority support of 67 out of 100 senators; with Republicans controlling 53 seats, this was never in play. Instead, the key question became whether four or more Republicans would side with Democrats to call witnesses. In the end, only two — Romney and Susan Collins of Maine — did. Collins ultimately voted against both articles of impeachment.
Some moderate Democrats, including Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, and Doug Jones of Alabama, had considered voting no on one or both articles of impeachment, but all three said Wednesday that they would vote to remove Trump from office on both charges.
"I take no pleasure in these votes, and am saddened this is the legacy we leave our children and grandchildren. I have always wanted this president, and every president, to succeed, but I deeply love our country and must do what I think is best for the nation," Manchin said in a statement just before the vote.
The Ukraine scandal has consumed the past several months of Trump’s term since news broke in September of an anonymous whistleblower report that had been written in August. The report laid out secondhand allegations that Trump had used his official powers to extract an investigation into the Bidens from Ukraine.
The identities of federal whistleblowers are protected by law, but several high-ranking politicians have accused the individual of having a political agenda and demanded the whistleblower be called to testify before Congress. Rep. Adam Schiff, the House Intelligence Committee chair, refused, saying every allegation in the report was later backed up by firsthand testimony in the House impeachment inquiry.
After the votes Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell thanked Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts for his work presiding over the trial during the last two and a half weeks. The Senate presented Roberts with "the golden gavel," which McConnell said is typically given to senators after they've spent 100 hours in the chair, presiding over the Senate. "But I think we can agree that chief justice has put in his due and then some," McConnell said.
The Senate adjourned as a court of impeachment at 4:41 p.m., formally ending Trump's trial.
The trial's conclusion will allow the Senate to return to its normal business — largely confirming swaths of Trump's judicial nominees. True to form, McConnell teed up votes on five new judges as the Senate left for the week.
The trial's end also means Democratic senators running for president will get to return to the campaign trail ahead of the New Hampshire primary on Feb. 11. The candidates had been forced to stay in Washington for much of the last two weeks to attend the trial, including on the day of the disastrous Iowa caucuses earlier this week.
One of the candidates, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, appeared to be in the middle of a very long week as she left the Senate on Wednesday, telling reporters, "I'll never forget it. And I'm very proud of Sen. Romney." |
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| Subject: Re: Donald Trump Has Been Acquitted Of Both Articles Of Impeachment Wed Feb 05, 2020 6:09 pm | |
| Great! I, as others, did not want trump Acquitted Why? because now, the dems can hold trial (so to say) by subpoenaing all that Republicans would not #1 Boulton. the house still holds the power.. and now dems can get the documents held back and now dems can request his tax returns It will be a battle, but very doable with the trial over.
this will part 2 , it will be interesting. trump is not close to being safe.. more to come.
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| | | The Wise And Powerful Admin
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| Subject: Re: Donald Trump Has Been Acquitted Of Both Articles Of Impeachment Wed Feb 05, 2020 6:19 pm | |
| - Temple wrote:
- Great!
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It's done. Get over it. |
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| Subject: Re: Donald Trump Has Been Acquitted Of Both Articles Of Impeachment Wed Feb 05, 2020 6:29 pm | |
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| Subject: Re: Donald Trump Has Been Acquitted Of Both Articles Of Impeachment Wed Feb 05, 2020 6:43 pm | |
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| Subject: Re: Donald Trump Has Been Acquitted Of Both Articles Of Impeachment Wed Feb 05, 2020 6:45 pm | |
| - The Wise And Powerful wrote:
- Temple wrote:
- Great!
It's done. Get over it. It is far from being 'done'- There is more to come. It will be interesting, indeed..
Never forget-- 75% wanted a trial, they were denied. Most all want to hear from Bolton. There are documents to come. One way or another- the truth will be presented..
Not to mention; NY has trump by the balls with cases to imprison him. |
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| Subject: Re: Donald Trump Has Been Acquitted Of Both Articles Of Impeachment Thu Feb 06, 2020 4:49 pm | |
| - Temple wrote:
- It is far from being 'done'-
No ..it's done ..Trump was acquitted ..the impeachment is over ...look it up .. email Racial Madcow and ask her ...
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- There is more to come.
It will be interesting, indeed.. As interesting as watching paint dry ..We've been hearing the Orange Man Bad rhetoric for 3 and a half years
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- Never forget-- 75% wanted a trial, they were denied.
There was a trial ...we heard from both sides ..There were 17 witnesses questioned before the house judiciary and intel committees, where republicans were not permitted to call any
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- Most all want to hear from Bolton.
Yet he was not called by the dems as a witness during their inquiry ...Not till AFTER the vote to impeach and the senate trial began did his testimony become "crucial" to the dems' case ...coincidentally, the same time pieces of his book manuscript was leaked
Bolton is a disgruntled employee that was fired by Trump, who nobody liked anyway, who is also in the midst of trying to sell a book ..He had Months to come forward with any relevant info he might have and chose not to ...Now he's the dems' golden turd
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- There are documents to come.
One way or another- the truth will be presented.. The left has had almost four years to "present truth" of something/anything and has failed miserably ...but I have no doubt they'll carry on down the same dead end road and assure themselves major losses in upcoming elections
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| Subject: Re: Donald Trump Has Been Acquitted Of Both Articles Of Impeachment Thu Feb 06, 2020 8:03 pm | |
| - Quote :
- Trump is and will forever be an Impeached president...
Trump the 3rd Impeached President in America's history.. The stain can not be erased. You've parroted that 100 times .. it seems to give you comfort repeating it ...Democrats "stained" themselves and the house more than anyone else in their blundered impeachment ...but I guess it's all you have, so carry on
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- Being acquitted is not being proven innocent.
Acquitted is to be found NOT GUILTY ..There's no need to prove innocence when there's no proof of guilt ...You should try to get a grip on how shit works in this country
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| Subject: Re: Donald Trump Has Been Acquitted Of Both Articles Of Impeachment Thu Feb 06, 2020 9:06 pm | |
| - Grackle wrote:
Acquitted is to be found NOT GUILTY ..
Being acquited doesn’t mean the jury or judge found you innocent of the charge. It only means that the prosecution failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you were guilty.
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| Subject: Re: Donald Trump Has Been Acquitted Of Both Articles Of Impeachment Thu Feb 06, 2020 9:21 pm | |
| - Quote :
- Being acquited doesn’t mean the jury or judge found you innocent of the charge.
It only means that the prosecution failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you were guilty. Yea ..well you can let that take up space in your barren skull .. Most of us can move on with the acquittal and *Not Guilty* ... "Not innocent" is not a term used in any court, anyplace in this country, but of course you're free to continue to dry hump it, despite the fact that it doesn't mean anything...*shug*
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| Subject: Re: Donald Trump Has Been Acquitted Of Both Articles Of Impeachment Thu Feb 06, 2020 9:39 pm | |
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| Subject: Re: Donald Trump Has Been Acquitted Of Both Articles Of Impeachment Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:02 pm | |
| It was Not the nation clapppin for him it was his minions, a few out of millions. it was his asskisser, ya know the deformed republicans with no spine. it was cute, actually. bwahaa!
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| Subject: Re: Donald Trump Has Been Acquitted Of Both Articles Of Impeachment Sat Feb 08, 2020 4:08 pm | |
| Published 1 hour ago Trump, RNC cash in on impeachment, raising $117M more in funds By Marisa Schultz | Fox News
The Democrats’ impeachment saga not only ended Wednesday with a double acquittal but a $100 million windfall for President Trump’s reelection campaign efforts, the Republican National Committee (RNC) revealed Saturday.
The RNC, Trump's campaign and their joint fundraising committee have raked in $117 million in online donations since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the impeachment inquiry on Sept. 24, 2019, thanks to an influx of new small-dollar donors who wanted to stand by the president.
"We've seen through our record-breaking fundraising that the Democrat's bogus impeachment galvanized President Trump's supporters across the country to contribute financially to his re-election efforts,” RNC spokesman Steve Guest said.
During the impeachment probe, Trump and the RNC went on offense by spending $11.3 million in new TV ads and digital campaigns with the theme: “Stop the madness.” They gained 1 million new small-dollar donors through their efforts.
The fundraising over the last four months during impeachment proceedings was 137 percent more from the same period a year prior, the RNC said.
“With this financial support, it's allowed us to expand our field program across the country to continue to engage with voters and with the ultimate goal of re-electing President Trump and Republicans up and down the ballot,” Guest said.
Trump formally launched his reelection bid in June 2019 at a rally in Florida -- the nation’s largest swing state. He's since held a steady pace of rallies to energize his base and has raked in millions from his supporters.
He raised more than all of his competitors, bringing in $211.3 million through the end of 2019, federal election records show.
Democrat Tom Steyer brought in $209 million, but $202 million of that haul came from his own pocket. The third-highest fundraiser to date is former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg who has completely self-funded his campaign with a $200 million infusion of cash.
Trump, a fellow wealthy businessman, hasn’t donated any personal funds to his reelection campaign account, records show.
Trump and the RNC have the big fundraising advantage this cycle, amassing a giant stockpile of money and not having to burn through cash to win a heated primary race.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) raised $92.3 million so far this cycle, but spent most it and had $10.1 million cash in the bank at the end of 2019, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings.
The RNC raised a total of $241 million this cycle, spent $192.6 million of it and ended 2019 with $72 million in cash on hand, FEC records show. |
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