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The United States Senate has refused to convict former President Donald Trump of inciting a revolt against the legitimate government of the country. With 67 senators needed to convict him, 57 voted against him, all Democrats and 7 Republicans.
Thus, for the second time in a year, he was rescued by representatives of the Republican Party. On February 5, 2020, Republicans rejected allegations of abuse of power under pressure from the President of Ukraine to discredit his political rival, Joe Biden.
Now that Trump is out of the White House, he cannot be removed from the presidency. But in a five-day trial in the Senate, the House team wanted him to take responsibility for the January 6 riot, the storming of parliament, the looting and desecration of the building and the deaths of several people.
But Democrats knew there was no way they could get the 17 Republican senators they needed, even as Trump continues to influence his constituents and many of them will face elections for public office until 2024 or even 2026. Convicted for inciting speeches, speeches and tweets, would be a criminalization of political speech by his opponents, fearing the votes of millions of Trump supporters, his defense claimed.
An Ipsos poll commissioned by Reuters found that 71 percent of Americans, including half of Republicans, believe Trump is at least partially to blame for the raid on Capitol Hill, but only half the country favors that be sentenced for incitement to revolt.
Trump never admitted defeat in the election, refused to attend Biden’s inauguration and immediately after the vote called it “the greatest witch hunt in the history of the country.”
But after the vote, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, said he had voted “not guilty,” but that there was no question that President Trump was practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day, and people broke into the building believing that they were following the will and instructions of their president. “
Prosecutors wanted the Senate trial to lay the groundwork for another senator to vote to bar the former president from running for office. Leaving such an opportunity means that they will not hesitate to incite political violence again, they say.
Trump’s defense insisted that his words at the December 6 rally in Washington were protected by the constitutional right to freedom of expression and that he had not received a fair trial in a procedure whose constitutionality was being questioned. But the indictment showed that it was not just a speech, but years of speaking out against the elections, that they would be manipulated and “stolen” even if he won, and that his followers had to fight.
It is not entirely clear whether Democrats will continue to attempt a Senate vote to ban Trump’s political activity, as the Constitution is not entirely clear on the issue. To be successful in such a vote, they need a simple majority of 51 votes.
In the final hours of the Senate a drama unfolded when surprisingly it was voted to admit witnesses in the case. This meant that instead of ending with a vote on Saturday afternoon, the entire procedure could take an unknown number of days, weeks and months. This was finally overturned.
Trump remains in history as the third president to be convicted in the lower house of parliament, as well as the first to be indicted twice, the first to be indicted twice in the same period, and the first to be tried after elections. they have removed him from his position. The United States Senate has confirmed its position that it has never condemned the president of the country.
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