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President Donald Trump acquitted by Senate on two articles of impeachment

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald Trump was acquitted by the U.S. Senate on two articles of impeachment brought by the House of Representatives.

President Trump faced two articles of impeachment: (1) abuse of power by soliciting the interference of Ukraine in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, and (2) obstruction of Congress by directing defiance of certain subpoenas issued by the House of Representatives. The Senate adjudged that Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is not guilty as charged in the first Article of Impeachment by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 – 52. The Senate adjudged that Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is not guilty as charged in the second Article of Impeachment by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 – 53.

Both Iowa Senators, Joni Ernst and Charles Grassley, voted to acquit. Only Mitt Romney of Utah broke party ranks and voted to convict Present Trump, on the first Article of Impeachment.  His statement is below:

Grassley criticized the House’s departure from longstanding congressional oversight procedures to accelerate impeachment. He reiterated the importance of protecting whistleblowers and judiciously examining whistleblower complaints – points he made early on in the impeachment process. And though he acknowledged the president’s duty to root out corruption, he noted that the president should have taken more care to avoid even the appearance of impropriety, especially given his congressional opponents’ long-stated desire to remove him from office. Grassley emphasized that, with the presidential election already underway, removing the president from office would deprive voters of the right to decide.

President Trump reveled in his acquittal and pummeled Mitt Romney for his vote to convict, tweeting, “Had failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney devoted the same energy and anger to defeating a faltering Barack Obama as he sanctimoniously does to me, he could have won the election. Read the Transcripts!

“I will be making a public statement (Thursday) at 12:00pm from the White House
to discuss our Country’s VICTORY on the Impeachment Hoax!”

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