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.
WASHINGTON ― Then-President Donald Trump raised $76 million for a political slush fund by citing the need to challenge his Nov. 3 reelection loss and for Republicans to win two Senate runoffs in Georgia, but through the end of 2020 he did not spend a dime of it on either. “He put nothing back. He didn’t care,” said one top Republican familiar with the fundraising operation who spoke on condition of anonymity, adding that Trump intends to use the.