Trump acquitted by minority of Senate on charge of inciting Jan. 6 riot at Capitol John Wagner, Amy B Wang, Felicia Sonmez
McConnell says Trump ‘still liable for things he did’ while president
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The Senate voted Saturday to acquit Donald Trump of a charge of inciting the deadly attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, bringing the historic second impeachment trial of the former president to a close.
Fifty-seven senators voted to find Trump guilty short of the two-thirds threshold needed for a conviction while 43 voted to find him not guilty. Seven Republicans joined the 50 members of the Democratic caucus in voting for conviction.
After a brief moment of fireworks early in the day Saturday, the last day of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial went largely as expected. Trump was acquitted once again and will not face constitutional consequences for his role in inciting a violent insurrection that killed five people.
In the end, seven Republicans Sens. Richard Burr (N.C.), Bill Cassidy (La.), Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Mitt Romney (Utah), Ben Sasse (Neb.), and Patrick Toomey (Pa.) joined the entire Democratic caucus and the final tally was 57-43 in voting in favor of convicting Trump. Democrats managed to get a few more Republican votes on their side than had been expected, but still fell 10 votes short of the two-thirds needed to convict the former president.
Trump signs two-day funding bill to avoid government shutdown
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President Trump late Friday night signed the continuing resolution that will fund the federal government through Dec. 21 and temporarily avert a partial shutdown.
Why it matters: The 48-hour stopgap will also give lawmakers the weekend to resolve outstanding issues with a $900 billion coronavirus relief package and $1.4 trillion long-term spending deal.
Context: This is the second continuing resolution Congress has needed to pass this month because lawmakers could not compromise. The first was passed last week.
But congressional leaders set and blew past Friday s deadline to work out their differences, even though lawmakers have said for days they were closing in on a deal.