Impeachment Briefing: The Senate Acquits Trump Feb. 13, 2021 voted 57-43 in favor of convicting him — not enough to meet the required two-thirds majority. Democrats needed 17 Republicans to vote with them to convict Mr. Trump of inciting an insurrection. In the end, they got seven: Senators Richard M. Burr of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania. The House impeachment managers unexpectedly called for witnesses and then abruptly dropped the request, after striking a deal with Mr. Trump’s defense team to add to the trial record a written statement from Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington — a Republican who said she had been told that Mr. Trump sided with the rioters as they were attacking the Capitol.