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Updated February 6th, 2020 at 12:02 IST

In San Francisco, viewers express disappointment to Trump acquittal

Democrats in liberal-leaning San Francisco are expressing disappointment in the impeachment acquittal of President Donald Trump.

In San Francisco, viewers express disappointment to Trump acquittal
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Democrats in liberal-leaning San Francisco are expressing disappointment in the impeachment acquittal of President Donald Trump. Trump was acquitted by the U.S. Senate Wednesday, bringing to a close only the third presidential trial in American history with votes that split the country.

A majority of Senators expressed unease with Trump's pressure campaign on Ukraine that resulted in the two articles of impeachment.But the final tallies, 52-48 favouring acquittal of abuse of power, 53-47 of obstruction of Congress' investigation, fell far short.

Two-thirds "guilty" votes would have been needed to reach the Constitution's bar of high crimes and misdemeanours to convict and remove Trump from office.Democrats at a small watch party at a cafe in San Francisco's Mission District say they expected Senate Republicans to find Trump not guilty, but they said it was still difficult to watch.

The outcome Wednesday followed months of remarkable impeachment proceedings, from Speaker Nancy Pelosi's House to Mitch McConnell's Senate, reflecting the nation's unrelenting partisan divide three years into the Trump presidency.

What started as Trump's request for Ukraine to "do us a favour" spun into a far-reaching, 28 thousand-page report compiled by House investigators accusing an American president of engaging in shadow diplomacy that threatened U.S. foreign relations for personal, political gain as he pressured the ally to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden ahead of the next election.

 

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Published February 6th, 2020 at 12:01 IST

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