WASHINGTON—The US Senate acquitted Donald Trump on Saturday in his second impeachment trial in a year, with fellow Republicans blocking conviction over the former president’s role in the deadly assault by his supporters on the US Capitol.
US President Joe Biden, in a statement issued hours after the Senate failed to muster the two-thirds majority needed to convict Trump, said, “This sad chapter in our history has reminded us that democracy is fragile.”
The Democratic leader said further that “while the final vote did not lead to a conviction, the substance of the charge is not in dispute. Even those opposed to the conviction, like Senate Minority Leader McConnell, believe Don…
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