Trump was acquitted with a vote of 57 to 43.
The president is simply not guilty, Scott said Monday. “We have a criminal justice system in this country, we have civil litigation. Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump of inciting the insurrection at the U.S. Tim Scott said former President Donald Trump is 'simply not guilty' of inciting an insurrection at the Capitol building on Jan. He didn’t get away with anything - yet,” McConnell said, laying out a devastating case for Trump’s culpability for the deadly riot in the Capitol building - but pushing any prosecution on Biden’s Justice Department. “President Trump is still liable for everything he did while he was in office as an ordinary citizen. “The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instruction of their president.”Īlthough the Senate voted 57-43 to convict Trump, which was 10 votes shy of the two-thirds majority needed for conviction in an impeachment trial, the Kentucky Republican noted that the former president could still face legal consequences for his “reckless actions.” 6, but it's unlikely he'll face any real consequences. Trump on Saturday in his second impeachment trial, as all but a. Donald Trump Is Not Going To Prison He may be culpable for the Capitol riot on Jan. A two-thirds majority vote would have been required to convict Trump of inciting the insurrection that resulted in five deaths, including a Capitol. WASHINGTON A Senate still bruised from the most violent attack on the Capitol in two centuries acquitted former President Donald J.
“There is no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day,” McConnell said. Trump was acquitted with a vote of 57 to 43. Moments after voting to acquit Donald Trump in the second impeachment trial, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell lambasted the former president’s “disgraceful dereliction of duty” during the Jan.
0 kommentar(er)
