The Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump

On Saturday, February 13, 2021, the Senate acquitted Donald J. Trump for the second time. Former President Trump is the first president to be impeached more than one time.

The single article of impeachment was for the charge of incitement of insurrection; an insurrection that occurred on January 6, 2021 immediately following a preplanned “Save America” rally, featuring Donald Trump.

The mob headed to the capital at the direction of Trump, “let’s walk down Pennsylvania Avenue” . They preceded to storm the capital in order to stop the counting of certified electoral votes resulting in a violent interference of the peaceful transfer of power to officiate president elect Joe Biden.

The mob failed to prevent the count, which was taken up again late into the early morning hours and at 3:33 a.m., Mr. Biden received 270 electoral votes. At 3:39, the count was finished.

On the fifth day of the trial that acquitted Trump, the vote was 57-43 with seven republican senators voting to convict. But a  two-thirds majority of 67 votes was needed to succeed in conviction.

This was the largest bi-partisan vote to convict in American presidential history. A president has never been convicted.

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