Donald Trump acquitted in impeachment trial, seven Republicans vote guilty

Don Jr has slammed leading Republicans on Twitter over their lack of support during his father's impeachment trial - and he didn't hold back.

Donald Trump has been acquitted again in his second impeachment trial, with the prosecution falling 10 votes short of conviction.

A 57-43 majority of the Senate voted guilty, including seven Republicans: Richard Burr, Bill Cassidy, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitt Romney, Ben Sasse and Pat Toomey. In his first trial a year ago, only Mr Romney voted in favour of conviction.

However, it takes 67 votes to convict, which means the impeachment managers got nowhere near the threshold they needed.

Mr Trump will retain all the privileges of a former president and will be free to run for office again in the future.

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