US Senate acquits former president Trump over his role in the US Capitol riots
The US Senate voted 57-43 to acquit former president Donald Trump on Saturday, after he was charged with inciting the January 6 attack on the US Capitol building.
Trump released a statement welcoming the decision, saying his movement "has only just begun."
What you need to know
- The 57-43 vote was short of the two-thirds necessary for conviction -
Seven Republican senators joined Democrats in voting the former president as guilty
- Senators settled on admitting a witness statement from GOP Rep. Herrera Beutler into Trump's trial record instead of calling witnesses
- Beutler, who voted to impeach, detailed a phone call between former president Trump and House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy on January 6