

More importantly, it could have paved the way for a dangerous precedent of allowing Congress to punish any former official when control of the legislative branch shifts to a different party. Moments after voting to acquit Donald Trump in the second impeachment trial, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell lambasted the former presidents. Aldana told The New York Times reported on by The Baltimore Sun that he voted not guilty because he said that 'things just didn't add up' in relation to the. But it was also unsubstantiated by the House managers’ complete lack of investigation, smoke-and-mirrors presentation, and distortion of basic First Amendment principles. Trump, forming a contingent far smaller than what.
WHO VOTED NOT GUILTY TRIAL
I voted to acquit President Trump because the article of impeachment was unconstitutional. 9, 2021 Six Republican senators on Tuesday joined 50 Democrats in voting to proceed with the impeachment trial of former President Donald J. On January 13, 2021, the House of Representatives voted to impeach Trump by a vote of 232-197 for. “Instead of putting the needs of the hardworking men and women of this country first, the Senate has spent this week watching a political performance by the House managers designed to humiliate the former president, discredit his successful policies, and shame the 74 million Americans who voted for him. Conviction requires a two-thirds vote of senators present.
