The US Senate voted to acquit Donald Trump of both impeachment articles he was facing. In other words: He is staying in office.
The President 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. Sen. Mitt Romney was the only Republican to join Democrats in voting to remove Trump.
Trump’s impeachment trial was the shortest in American history, spanning for a little over two weeks.
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Donald Trump was impeached in December for charges stemming from a call with Ukrain officials. He wanted the country to launch an investigation into Joe Biden’s son who is running against him for President.
