[속보]Trump’s impeachment was blocked at the Senate wall… ‘Innocent incitement to civil war

Former US President Donald Trump was found acquitted at the impeachment trial held in the US Senate on the 13th (local time). The photo shows a newspaper that reported on Trump’s first acquittal verdict in February of last year. [AFP=연합뉴스]

On the 13th (local time), the U.S. Senate was found not guilty of 57:43 in an impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump. Former President Trump became the first president to be impeached twice in the House of Representatives and twice to be found acquitted by the Senate.

All 50 Democratic senators and 7 Republican senators agreed for the impeachment, but the quorum required for a conviction did not exceed 67 (two-thirds of the total).

At the Republican Party, Senators Mitt Romney (Utah), Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Ben Sas (Nebraska), Pat Tumi (Pennsylvania), Richard Burr (North Carolina), Bill Cassidy (Louisiana), and Senators Trump I agreed to the impeachment of the former president.

Former President Trump was handed over to the Senate impeachment trial after being impeached in the House of Representatives on the 13th of last month on charges of instigating a civil war in relation to the congressional occupation of supporters on January 6th.

In this image from video, the Senate votes on a motion to call witnesses during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the US Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. (Senate Television via AP) AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO PROVIDED BY SENATE TELEVISION; MANDATORY CREDIT. 〈Copyright (c) Yonhap News, Unauthorized Reprint-Redistribution Prohibited〉

The House impeachment prosecutors, who served as prosecutors in the Senate impeachment trial, claimed “guilty,” saying that former President Trump should be held accountable for the actions he committed while in office, and that he should not be held in office again. Failed.

After the vote, Republican Senate Representative Mitch McConnell said that he voted innocent because “the impeachment system under the constitution is intended to exclude the president who has committed serious and misdemeanor crimes”.

However, he strongly condemned the former President, saying, “As a civilian, you can hold accountability under the criminal law for the actions of former President Trump.”

Washington = Correspondent Park Hyun-young [email protected]