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The Senate fully justified Trump. The US held a final impeachment vote
Even one Republican - Mitt Romni voted for resignation. But the result was predictable.
The US Senate, where the Republican Party has a majority, justified Donald Trump during a final vote under the impeachment procedure. The live broadcast was carried out by Washington Post , The New York Times and other media.
The Senate’s decision is not subject to appeal: in fact, the chamber now performed the functions of a jury. In order for Trump to be resigned, at least two -thirds of the vote of the Congress Chamber were required, but this did not predictly happen.
Trump was accused of two points - about the abuse of power and the obstacle to the investigation of Congress.
- Voting on the point of abuse of power: “For” impeachment-48, “against”-52. The resignation was supported not only by all the democrats, but also by one senator-public-Mitt Romny;
- On the point of obstacle to the work of the Congress : “For” impeachment - 47, “against” - 53. Romny does not consider Trump guilty under this article, so he voted against his resignation;
- Romny was the first senator in history to vote for the impeachment of the president from his party, as well as the first Republican to support such an initiative of the Democrats. He announced the vote against Trump on the first point in advance. The senator admitted that the action was symbolic.
Trump was accused of abuse by the situation due to the fact that, according to the Democratic Party, he demanded that the Ukrainian leadership open an anti-corruption investigation against Joe Biden, his likely opponent in the 2020 elections. Otherwise, the president allegedly threatened to detain military assistance.
The obstacle of Trump’s justice was accused, since he allegedly banned at least nine of the former and current subordinates to participate in the investigation of the Congress and testify.
The House of Representatives voted for impeachment in December 2019. Most there belong to the Democrats.
So far, a single US president was removed through the impeachment procedure: Andrew Johnson (1868) and Bill Clinton (1998) also justified the Senate. Richard Nixon (1974) resigned the authority voluntarily after the House of Representatives announced the beginning of the impeachment procedure.
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