Trump impeachment: divided reaction in US after former president acquitted – as it happened

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10.00pm GMT

That's it from the blog today. Thanks for following along with our coverage of the fallout from the impeachment trial.

Here's how the day unfolded:

9.46pm GMT

Now that he has been acquitted, Donald Trump is free to run for president again in 2024, but he has certain strategic disadvantages when it comes to launching another White House bid.

The AP explains:

[A]fter being barred from Twitter, the former president lacks the social media bullhorn that fueled his political rise. And he's confronting a Republican Party deeply divided over the legacy of his jarring final days in office, culminating in the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol. Searing video images of the day played on loop during his impeachment trial, which ended Saturday.

Trump remains popular among the GOP base, but many Republicans in Washington have cooled to him. Never before have so many members of a president's party - seven GOP senators, in his case - voted for his removal in a Senate trial.