US Senate Acquits Trump of Incitement to Revolt

On Saturday evening, the Senate, the upper chamber of Congress, acquitted former US President Donald Trump of inciting the revolt, after the support of many Republicans.

Fifty-seven senators, including seven Republicans, voted in favor of his conviction, 10 fewer than the required 67 votes.

Trump entered history as the first US president to be tried twice in Congress during his tenure, and he will also go down in history as the first president to be tried while out of power.

But and this is more important, he will also go into history as the first president to survive two trials and be acquitted.

During the trial, Democratic lawmakers who play the role of the prosecutor in Trump's trial for inciting the storming of the Capitol on Wednesday, January 6,  showed a video clip revealing members of the pro-Trump crowd searching the building for his deputy, chanting, "Hang Mike Pence!"

Unprecedented videos showed the scene from inside the Capitol, where rioters smashed windows and clashed with police on January 6, and thirty meters from the room where Pence was sheltering with his family, while mobs erected a noose outside.

The footage also showed scenes of attacks on Capitol Police, and the evacuation of Pence and lawmakers to a safe place moments before the crowd stormed the building, killing five people, including a police officer.

The House of Representatives accused Trump of fomenting the revolt by urging thousands of supporters to march toward the Capitol on the day Congress gathered to endorse Democrat Joe Biden's election victory.

It is worth noting that had the former president been convicted, he would have prevented him from running for public office again, and not running for the next presidential elections.

US Senators voted to summon witnesses to the ongoing trial in the impeachment case of former US President Donald Trump.

Fifty-five senators (including 5 Republicans) voted in favor of calling witnesses, compared to 45 votes against him, which could lead to a prolongation of the trial.