Trump Impeachment Trial Ends in Acquittal

The four-month impeachment process that fueled partisan tensions in Washington, and caused havoc throughout the Trump Administration, has come to an end.

A verdict of acquittal concluded the trial. The Senate voted to exonerate President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment presented by the Democrats. It marked a predictable and significant end to a desperately fought battle for impeachment that will be discussed throughout the 2020 election cycle and will ultimately define Trump's presidential legacy.

The final day of Trump's impeachment trial did not come without shockers. Senator Mitt Romney a Republican from Utah, came to the podium as a witness and found the President “guilty of abuse of power,” with this statement, Romney became the first senator in US history to vote for the President to step down from office, despite being from the same party.

The Senate impeachment trial ended with votes ruling the President “not guilty of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress,” the impeachment articles the House of Representatives had accused Trump of.

Romney was the lone Republican to vote against and condemn the President on the “first article of impeachment, abuse of power,” uniting with all Senate Democrats in a 52-48 not guilty vote. Romney voted with his party lines against the second violation, “obstruction of Congress charge,” which decked along with precise party positions, 53-47 for acquittal.

By B.Alexishvili