Senate Republicans stand by their man and Trump wins his second acquittal | David Smith's sketch
by David Smith in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#5E56K)
Calls of guilty' and not guilty' pinged back and forth in the chamber but once McConnell said no the die was cast
If the denouement of Donald Trump's impeachment trial had been a Hollywood film, stirring music would have struck up around the time Congressman Joe Neguse explained why he thinks the floor of the US Senate is sacred".
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