Trump Acquitted Again: Only Seven GOP Senators Vote To Convict Over Jan. 6 Attack

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TOPLINE

The U.S. Senate on Saturday voted to acquit former President Donald Trump on charges of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, with just 7 Senate Republicans siding with Democrats in voting to convict him.

KEY FACTS

Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) voted with all Democrats to convict Trump on one article of impeachment.

The article alleges the ex-president “engaged in high Crimes and Misdemeanors by inciting violence against the Government of the United States.”

The result comes after a particularly tumultuous final day of an already chaotic trial in which senators voted to approve debates on calling witnesses, only to backtrack and swiftly conclude the proceedings hours later.

Trump’s acquittal was widely seen as a foregone conclusion, cemented further by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s announcement to Republican colleagues on Saturday that he would vote to let off the ex-president he has publicly condemned.

“Whatever you came to Washington to do... This is almost certainly how you will be remembered by history," Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the lead impeachment manager, had told senators before the vote.

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