Senate acquits Trump in historic vote as re-election campaign looms

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President Donald Trump was acquitted on Wednesday in his U.S. Senate impeachment trial, saved by fellow Republicans who rallied to protect him nine months before he asks voters in a deeply divided America to give him a second White House term, Reuters reports.

The businessman-turned-politician, 73, survived only the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history - just like the two other impeached presidents - in his turbulent presidency’s darkest chapter. Trump now plunges into an election season that promises to further polarize the country.

Trump was acquitted largely along party lines on two articles of impeachment approved by the Democratic-led House of Representatives on Dec. 18. The votes to convict Trump fell far short of the two-thirds majority required in the 100-seat Senate to remove him from office under the U.S. Constitution.

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palitha Perera Thursday, 06 February 2020 12:51 PM

Trump is Pro American business, Pro American jobs, and striving to regain lost prestige. What more can you expect from a President for his country?

Poor Democrat Thursday, 06 February 2020 02:32 PM

Trump will live to "blow his trump-et" for another day!

Sokrates Thursday, 06 February 2020 02:41 PM

What an unfair decision, in which a criminal, confirmed by testimony from witnesses who are beyond any doubt, is acquitted by opportunist politicians for the sake of keeping their party in power.

Jeeves Thursday, 06 February 2020 03:50 PM

Good to know that corruption is universal!

DillonDP Thursday, 06 February 2020 04:39 PM

Well i think he a great leader and outspoken one, he will definitely build great America, Greater

Rex Thursday, 06 February 2020 04:57 PM

So Trump is acquitted from impeachment after alleged involvement with Ukraine to discredit political opposition during elections! UNBELIEVABLE!!

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