Former President Donald Trump has now been acquitted in his second impeachment trial, after the Senate failed to meet the 67-vote threshold needed to secure a conviction.
In total, a majority of senators, 57, convicted him while 43 lawmakers acquitted him of the one charge he faced inciting an insurrection at the Capitol after a brief five-day trial in which neither side used its full time for arguments and no witnesses were called. Unlike Trump’s first impeachment trial, when Sen. Mitt Romney was the only Republican to find him guilty, seven Republicans did so this time around, making this the most bipartisan Senate conviction vote ever. These Republicans were Sens. Richard Burr, Bill Cassidy, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitt Romney, Ben Sasse, and Pat Toomey.
Why Americans are furious over President Joe Biden s $9000 Rolex watch
26 Jan, 2021 01:04 AM
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President Joe Biden s watch is causing a stir online. Photo / Getty Images
NZ Herald
Within days of starting his term as US President, Joe Biden has reversed some of Trump s most controversial policies and kickstarted an ambitious trillion-dollar plan to target coronavirus.
But instead Americans are fixated on the kind of wristwatch he s wearing.
Biden s $9736 (US$7000) Rolex watch was spotted on his wrist during his inauguration in Washington DC last week, and the expensive timekeeper has already sparked fury.
The New York Times called the stainless steel Rolex Datejust a far cry from the Everyman timepieces that every president not named Trump has worn conspicuously in recent decades .