As part of the deal, Democrats dropped their planned deposition and Republicans abandoned their threat to call their own witnesses.
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Once they did, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina changed his vote to join them on the 55-45 vote.īut facing a prolonged trial with defense poised to call many more witnesses, the situation was resolved when Herrera Beutler's statement on the call was read aloud into the record for senators to consider as evidence.
Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington state, who said in a statement late Friday that Trump rebuffed a plea from House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy to call off the rioters.įifty-five senators voted for to consider witnesses, including Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Mitt Romney of Utah. The delay Saturday came as senators wanted to hear evidence about Trump's actions during the riot.įresh stories overnight focused onRep. The House impeached trump on the sole charge of incitement of insurrection one week after the riot, the most bipartisan vote of a presidential impeachment. Trump is innocent of the charges against him," said Michael van der Veen. In closing arguments, Trump's lead defense attorney Michael van der Veen fell back on the procedural argument that Republican senators have embraced in their own reasoning of the case what he said is a "phony impeachment show trial." Trump marks the most bipartisan vote in a Senate impeachment trial. The seven Republicans who joined Democrats in voting to convict Pres. Senators Burr and Toomey are retiring at the end of their current terms in January 2023. Senate Republicans who joined Democrats in voting Pres. The Senate held a roll call vote after a few hours of closing arguments. RELATED: Senate scraps impeachment witnesses after vote, closing arguments begin Trump's comments the day of the Capitol attack, Jan. The Republican congresswoman had shared a conversation she had with House Minority Leader Mike McCarthy regarding Pres. Jaime Herrera Beutler into the record instead. Saturday's rare impeachment session began with an unexpected vote to consider witnesses at the trial, making a Saturday verdict unlikely.īut hours later House Impeachment Managers and Trump's defense team struck a compromise allowing a new statement from Rep.
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