The U.S. Senate acquitted Donald Trump on Saturday of inciting the mob that stormed the Capitol last month, sparing him from conviction in his second impeachment trial in a year despite broad condemnation of his role in sparking the deadly siege.
Democrats urge Senate to convict Trump for inciting deadly Capitol siege
By Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Makini Brice
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic prosecutors made their final arguments to skeptical Republicans on Saturday to convict former President Donald Trump of inciting the Capitol riot that left five people dead and threatened the peaceful transfer of power in the United States.
Concluding a five-day impeachment trial, Democratic lawmakers from the House of Representatives urged senators to hold Trump responsible for the insurrection that took place while then-Vice President Mike Pence and members of Congress were certifying Democrat Joe Biden s presidential election win.
Republicans also saved Trump in the Feb. 5, 2020, vote in his previous impeachment trial, when only one senator from their ranks - Mitt Romney - voted to convict and remove him from office.
Democrats making the case for Donald Trump s conviction for inciting the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 focused on Thursday on the former president s role in assembling and inflaming the rioters and the damage wrought in the rampage.