Trump verdicts innocence for’incitement to rebellion’… Impeachment, blocked at the Senate wall again

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 was recorded as a president who was impeached twice in the House of Representatives and twice innocent verdict in 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.

The impeachment trial was finished five days after the hearing began on the 9th. It is the shortest of all impeachment trials against the US president, the New York Times said.

The US Senate is in the process of impeaching former President Donald Trump on the 13th. [AP=연합뉴스]

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 during his tenure and prevented him from taking office again, but failed to convince additional Republicans did.

After the vote, Democratic Party leader Chuck Schumer criticized democracy, saying, “Former President Trump stopped peaceful regime change with violence, overturned the people’s will, and incited mob illegally to maintain power.”

Republican leader Mitch McConnell said, “The impeachment system under the constitution is intended to exclude the president who has committed serious crimes and misdemeanor crimes,” and thus voted innocent.

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.”

Former President Trump made an immediate statement and insisted that the impeachment trial was the largest witch hunt in US history. He said, “Our historic, patriotic and beautiful movement to make America great again is just beginning”, foreshadowing a shift in posture.

Former President Trump was referred to an impeachment trial for a’Ukrainian scandal’ and was found not guilty on February 5 last year. On this day, more than a year later, he was acquitted at the second impeachment trial for inciting civil war.

Washington = Correspondent Park Hyun-young [email protected]