前总统唐纳德·特朗普历史性的第二次弹劾审判以参议院57票对43票宣布无罪而结束。他因导致1月6日美国国会大厦暴乱的行为而面临一项煽动叛乱的指控。
拜登在第一次评论中称赞警察，称指控“没有争议”
在他对他的前任无罪释放投票后将近七个小时，乔·拜登总统以悼念已故军官开始布莱恩·西克尼克并称赞他的警察同事在1月6日保卫了国会大厦。
在57票对43票(少于定罪前总统唐纳德·特朗普所需的67票)后，他采取了类似于众议院弹劾经理的语气，庆祝两党投票。
拜登在声明中说:“今天，57名参议员——包括创纪录的7名共和党人——投票认定前总统特朗普犯有煽动对我们民主的致命叛乱的罪行。”“参议院投票紧随众议院弹劾他的两党投票。虽然最终投票没有导致定罪，但指控的实质没有争议。”
拜登强调了参议员米奇·麦康奈尔的讲话。这激怒了一些民主党人承认煽动和无罪判决。
总统补充说:“即使是那些反对定罪的人，如参议院少数党领袖麦康奈尔，也认为唐纳德·特朗普犯有‘可耻的失职’，对在国会大厦引发的暴力负有‘实际和道德责任’。”。
拜登在很大程度上避免对弹劾审判发表评论，他支持宣传他的新冠肺炎救援计划，感谢那些“在一月的那一天勇敢地站岗的人”和“那些展示了保护我们民主完整性的勇气的人”
拜登写道:“我们历史上的这一悲惨篇章提醒我们，民主是脆弱的。”。“这必须永远捍卫。我们必须时刻保持警惕。暴力和极端主义在美国没有立足之地。作为美国人，尤其是作为领导人，我们每个人都有责任捍卫真理，战胜谎言。”
“这就是我们如何结束这场不文明的战争，治愈我们民族的灵魂。这是摆在面前的任务。这是我们必须共同承担的任务。作为美利坚合众国，”他总结道，强调“团结”为重点。
路易斯安那州共和党投票谴责卡西迪
在参议员比尔·卡西迪之后几分钟。,投票定罪路易斯安那州共和党总统唐纳德·特朗普投票谴责他。卡西迪是跨越党派界限的七名共和党人之一。
路易斯安那州共和党在一份声明中说:“路易斯安那州共和党执行委员会一致投票谴责参议员比尔·卡西迪今天早些时候投票判定前总统唐纳德·特朗普犯有弹劾罪。”
卡西迪本周在宣判总统有罪和无罪之间摇摆不定，自2014年以来一直担任参议员。他以前是该州的国会议员。谴责正式谴责一个政治家，但没有进一步的权力，如免职。
“我们的宪法和我们的国家比任何一个人都重要，”卡西迪在一份声明中说。"我投票给特朗普总统定罪，因为他有罪。"
佩洛西抨击麦康奈尔，其他投票无罪释放的人是“懦弱的共和党人”
加州众议院议长南希·佩洛西(Nancy Pelosi)表示，她不打算在周六发表讲话，但她在看到参议院少数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔(Mitch McConnell，R-Ky)后发表了讲话。在参议院发言。
佩洛西说:“参议员麦康奈尔关闭参议院是如此可悲，以至于参议院无法收到弹劾条款，并以此为借口不投票给唐纳德·特朗普定罪。”
佩洛西说:“我们今天在参议院看到的是一群懦弱的共和党人，他们显然别无选择，因为他们害怕捍卫自己的工作，尊重他们所服务的机构。”
当被问及麦康奈尔在发言中暗示特朗普仍应对其在任期间的行为承担刑事或民事责任时，佩洛西打断了记者的话，称他的讲话“不真诚”。
“我不知道是给捐赠者的还是——还是什么。但不管是什么，这都是一个非常虚伪的演讲。我很遗憾地说，因为我总是希望能够和对方的领导一起工作。“对于他来说，他已经尝试了各种方式——但我们将继续确保这种情况不会再次发生。”
当被问及指责是向前迈进的一种选择时，佩洛西称之为“宪法事实上的一巴掌”，并说，“让我们每个人都摆脱困境。”
“我们不会谴责那些在国会大厦煽动叛乱并杀害人民的人，”她说。
佩洛西继续祝贺众议院经理们尊重包括她自己在内的美国各地的创始人、军人和家庭的愿景。
“我必须代表我的孙子们说，他们从你们每一个人身上获得了巨大的希望和灵感:我们对你们的爱国主义演讲、你们清晰的演讲以及你们给这么多人带来的灵感感到无比自豪，”她说。
她说，提高定罪投票是弹劾审判历史上最两党合作的一次，“没有你精彩的陈述，这是不可能实现的。所以，我为此感谢你们，在我离开的时候，我把发言权让给你们所有人。”
经理们强调麦康奈尔同意他们证明了这一点
参议院投票宣判特朗普无罪后，众议院弹劾经理在国会山举行新闻发布会，反复谈论参议院少数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔(Mitch McConnell)的言论。，称他们证明了特朗普煽动叛乱的案件，尽管没有达到定罪所需的票数。
众议院弹劾负责人、医学博士杰米·拉斯金(Jamie Raskin)首先感谢国会、他的团队和美国人民。
“特朗普用他煽动的暴徒袭击了我们的房子，我们捍卫了我们的房子。他违反了我们的宪法，我们捍卫了宪法。他们试图破坏我们的民主，我们恢复了它，我们保护了它，”拉斯金开始说，强调这次审判是该国历史上最两党的总统弹劾。
拉斯金说:“我们有明确和令人信服的大多数国会议员，总统实际上煽动了反对工会和国会的暴力起义。”。
他继续解释说，因为众议院的管理人员说服了麦康奈尔——尽管他们没有得到他的投票——他们提出了自己的观点，并认为没有必要传唤证人。
拉斯金说:“我们本来可以有5000名证人，米奇·麦康奈尔也会发表同样的讲话，因为他声称参议院从来没有对前总统拥有管辖权。”“出于我不需要赘述的原因——因为试验的很大一部分是关于这个——我们完全拒绝那个。这与我们的历史完全不符。”
Trump impeachment trial live updates: Biden says charge 'not in dispute' in 1st comments on acquittal
Former President Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial ended with a 57-43 vote to acquit in the Senate. He faced a single charge of incitement of insurrection over his actions leading up to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Biden praises police officers, calls charge 'not in dispute' in 1st comments
In his first comments on the acquittal of his predecessor, nearly seven hours after the vote, President Joe Biden opened by remembering late officer Brian Sicknick and praised his fellow police officers for defending the Capitol on Jan. 6.
He then took a tone similar to the House impeachment managers following the 57-43 vote -- short of the 67 needed to convict former President Donald Trump -- by celebrating a bipartisan vote.
"Today, 57 Senators -- including a record 7 Republicans -- voted to find former President Trump guilty for inciting that deadly insurrection on our very democracy," Biden said in the statement. "The Senate vote followed the bipartisan vote to impeach him by the House of Representatives. While the final vote did not lead to a conviction, the substance of the charge is not in dispute."
Biden highlighted the speech by Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., that angered some Democrats for its acknowledgement of incitement and acquittal vote on a technicality.
"Even those opposed to the conviction, like Senate Minority Leader McConnell, believe Donald Trump was guilty of a 'disgraceful dereliction of duty' and 'practically and morally responsible for provoking' the violence unleashed on the Capitol," the president added.
Biden, who largely avoided commenting on the impeachment trial in favor of promoting his agenda on COVID-19 relief, thanked those "who bravely stood guard that January day" and "those who demonstrated the courage to protect the integrity of our democracy."
"This sad chapter in our history has reminded us that democracy is fragile," Biden wrote. "That it must always be defended. That we must be ever vigilant. That violence and extremism has no place in America. And that each of us has a duty and responsibility as Americans, and especially as leaders, to defend the truth and to defeat the lies."
"That is how we end this uncivil war and heal the very soul of our nation. That is the task ahead. And it’s a task we must undertake together. As the United States of America," he concluded, underlining "United" for emphasis.
Louisiana GOP votes to censure Sen. Cassidy
Literally minutes after Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., voted to convict President Donald Trump the Louisiana GOP voted to censure him. Cassidy was one of seven Republicans to cross party lines.
"The Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Louisiana has unanimously voted to censure Senator Bill Cassidy for his vote cast earlier today to convict former President Donald J. Trump on the impeachment charge," the Republican Party of Louisiana said in a statement.
Cassidy, who vacillated between convicting and acquitting the president this week, has been a senator since 2014. He was previously a congressman from the state. A censure officially condemns a politician, but does not carry any further power, such as removal from office.
"Our Constitution and our country is more important than any one person," Cassidy said in a statement. "I voted to convict President Trump because he is guilty."
Pelosi blasts McConnell, others who voted to acquit as 'cowardly group of Republicans'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she wasn't planning on speaking Saturday but did so after she saw Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speak on the Senate floor.
"It is so pathetic that Senator McConnell kept the Senate shut down so that the Senate could not receive the Article of Impeachment and has used that as his excuse for not voting to convict Donald Trump," Pelosi said.
"What we saw in that Senate today was a cowardly group of Republicans who apparently have no options, because they were afraid to defend their job, respect the institution in which they serve," Pelosi said.
Asked about McConnell's statement on the floor suggesting that Trump still was liable criminally or civilly for his actions in office, Pelosi interrupted the reporter and said his speech was "disingenuous."
"I don't know whether it was for donors or -- or what. But whatever it was, it was a very disingenuous speech. And I say that regretfully, because I always want to be able to work -- work with the leadership of the other party," she said. "And for him to have tried to have it every which way -- but we will be going forward to make sure that this never happens again."
Asked about censure as an option moving forward, Pelosi called it a "slap in the fact of the Constitution" and said it, "let's everybody off the hook."
"We don't censure people for inciting insurrection that kills people in the Capitol," she said.
Pelosi went on to congratulate the House managers on honoring the vision of the founders, of the men and women who serve in uniform and families across the United States, including her own.
"I have to say, personally on behalf of my grandchildren, who drew great hope and inspiration from each and every one of you: We could not be prouder of your patriotic presentations, the clarity in which you presented, and again, the inspiration that you have been to so many people," she said.
Raising the vote to convict was the most bipartisan in impeachment trial history, she said, "It would not have been accomplished without your brilliant presentations. So, I thank you for that, and I yield the floor back to all of you as I leave."
Managers highlight McConnell's agreement that they proved case
House impeachment managers, following the Senate vote to acquit Trump, held a press conference on Capitol Hill and harped on remarks from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., saying that they proved the case that Trump incited an insurrection despite failing to reach the votes needed to convict.
Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., opened by thanking Congress, his team and the American people.
"Trump stormed our House with the mob he incited, and we defended our House. And he violated our Constitution, and we defended the Constitution. And they tried to trash our democracy, and we revived it, and we protected it," Raskin began, highlighting that the trial was the most bipartisan presidential impeachment in the history of the country.
"We have a clear and convincing majority of members of Congress that the president actually incited violent insurrection against the union and against the Congress," Raskin said.
He went on to explain that because House managers had convinced McConnell -- although they didn't get his vote -- that they made their case and didn't see a need to call witnesses after all.
"We could have had 5,000 witnesses and Mitch McConnell would have made the same speech because what he's asserting is that the Senate never has jurisdiction over a former president," Raskin said. "And for reasons I don't need to belabor -- because a big part of the trial was about this -- we reject that completely. It's totally at odds with our history."
