House impeachment managers and Trump’s defense team gave closing arguments Saturday following days of evidence and arguments. The Senate ultimately voted 57-43 to acquit Trump, with seven Republicans crossing party lines.
Democrats had argued that the Senate should vote to convict Trump and then vote to prevent him from ever running for office again, while Trump s defense team claimed the former president’s remarks challenging the results of the 2020 election were covered by the First Amendment and that he did not incite the deadly mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Five Senate Republicans, including traditional Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham