on the second article, the obstruction of congress charge, but there was along party lines, 45 democrats and two independents, 53 republicans voting not guilty. the senate trial with donald trump, shortest of the three impeachment trial of 21 days wrapped up today, at 4:41 p.m. eastern time and on "c-span2", going to show you those final 40 minutes. we will follow that with more of your comments and your calls. yo justice there. >> >> if there is no objection, they are approved today. the deputy sergeant and arms will make the proclamation, >> here he he read persons are commanded to keep silent, the senate of the united states is sitting for the trialr of the articles of impeachment exhibited by the house of f representatives against donald

john trump, president of the united states. as a reminder to everyone in the chamber, as well as those in the gallery, demonstrations of approval or disapproval are prohibited. >> the majority leader is recognized. >> the senate is now ready to about on the articles of impeachment and after that is done we will adjourn the cords ofre impeachment. >> the clerk will now read the first article of impeachment. >> article one abuse of power, the constitution provides the house of representatives shall have the full power of impeachment. the president shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. his conduct of the office of the president of the united states in violation of the constitutional oath execute the office of the office of the united states and to the best of

his ability defend the constitution of the united states and in violation of his constitutional duties, take care that the laws be faithfully executed. donald trump has abused powers of the presidency and that using the powers of his office, president trump solicited and the interference of a foreign rnvernment. ukraine, in the 2020 united states presidential election. he did so through scheme or course of conduct that included soliciting the government of ukraine to announce investigations that would benefit his reelection. arm election prospects and political opponent, and influence the 2020 united states election to his advantage. president trump also sought the pressure of the president of ukraine by conditioning official united states at government acts of significant value of the public investigation, president trump engage in this shema or

corrupt purposes and proceeded for personal political benefit. use the powers are presidency in a manner that compromise national security of the united states, undermine the integrity of the united states democratic process. he ignored the interest of the nation. president trump engagee in this course of conduct, to the following means. one, present trump acting both directly and through his agents and outside of the united states government, corrupting solicited the government of ukraine to publicly announce investigations into a, the political opponent former vice president joseph biden junior and be discredited three permitted by russia alleging that ukraine rather than russia, interfered in the 2016 united states presidential election. two. with the same corrupt motive's present trump acting both directly and through his agents within the outside of the united states government, conditioned to official action the public

announcement that he had requested. a the release of $391 million of the united states taxpayer funds miat congress had appropriated a bipartisan basis for the purpose of providing vital military and assistance to ukraine. to oppose russian aggression in which president trump had ordered suspended. andy, head of state meeting at the white house with the president of ukraine sought to demonstrate continues the united states support of the government of ukraine in the face of russian aggression. three. president trump ultimately released military assistance to the government of ukraine and has persisted in openly and correctlyy urging and soliciting ukraine to undertake investigation for his personal political bit benefit. these actions were consistent with president trump's previous invitation a foreign interference to the united states elections. in all of this, president trump abuse the powers of the presidency by ignoring and injuring national security and

other vital national interests to obtain an improper personal political benefit. also perpetrate the nation by using his high office to enlist a foreign power and corrupting democratic. wherefore president trump bya such conduct has demonstrated that he will remain a threatup o national security and the constitution that allowed to remain in office and is acted in a manner incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law. president trump thus warrants impeachment and trial removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the united states. >> heat senator, when his or her name is called will stand and vote feel guilty or not guilty as required by the rules of impeachment. article one section three clause six of the constitution regarding the vote required for conviction on impeachment provides the no two thirds of

the present is that respondent guilty or not guilty. roll call vote is required. the clerk will call parole. [roll call vote]. [roll call vote]. [roll call vote]. [roll call vote]. [roll call vote]. [roll call vote].

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[roll call vote]. mr. mcconnell, not guilty. ms. mcsally, not guilty. mr. menendez, guilty. mr. merkley, guilty. mr. moran, not guilty. ms. markowski, not guilty. mr. murphy, mr. murphy, guilty. missus murray, guilty. mr. paul, not guilty. mr. purdue, not guilty.

mr. peters, guilty. mr. foreman, portman not guilty. mr. reid, guilty. not guilty. mr. roberts, not guilty. mr. romney, guilty. mr. rosen, guilty. mr. rounds, not guilty. mr. rubio, not guilty. mr. sanders, guilty. mr. seth, not guilty. mr. shots, guilty.

mr. schumer, guilty. mr. scott of florida, not guilty. mr. scott of south carolina, not guilty. mr. shaheen, shaheen, guilty. mr. shelley, not guilty. ms. sinema, coming delta, ms. smith, guilty. ms. kavanaugh, stabenow, guilty. mr. sullivan, not guilty. mr. chester, guilty. mr. spoon, not guilty, mr. jiles, not guilty. mr. toomey, not guilty.

mr. udo, udall guilty. mr. van holland, guilty. mr. warner, guilty. guilty.en, mr. white house, guilty. mr. wicker, not guilty. mr. wyden, guilty. mr. young, not guilty.

>> in this article ofimpeachmene pronounced donald trump, president of the united states guilty as charged. fifty-two senators have pronounced him not guilty as charged. two thirds of the senators

present not having pronounced and guilty, the senate judges that the respondent donald trump president of the united states, is notes guilty as charged in te first article of impeachment. the clerk will read the second article of impeachment. article two. section of congress the constitution provides that the house of representatives have the sole power of impeachment and at the present shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. in his conduct by the office of the president of the united states, and in violation of the constitutional oath, execute the office of president of the united states and to the best of his ability preserve and

protect, and defend the constitution of the united states and it violation of his constitutional duties to take care of the laws be faithfully executed. donald trump has directed the unprecedented categorical and indiscriminate defiance of subpoenas issued by the house of representatives pursuant to a sole power of impeachment. president trump has abused the powers of the presidency in a manner of subversive of the constitution and that the house of representatives has engaged in impeachment inquiry focused on president trump corrupt solicitation of the government of ukraine to interfere in the 2020 united states presidential election. as part of this impeachment inquiry, given his undertaking the investigationpr serve subpoenas seeking documents and testimony, vital to the inquiry from very executive wrench agencies and offices in current and former officials.

in response without lawful cause or excuse, president trump directed executive branch agencies offices and officials not to comply with those p subpoenas. president trump thus interposed the powers of the presidency against the lawful subpoenas ofi the house of representatives and assumed to himself, functions and judgment necessary to the exercise of the sole power of impeachment vested by the constitution and the house of representatives. president trump abuse the powers of the high office through the following means. one, directing the white house to defy a lawful subpoena by withholding the production of documents, sought therein by the committee. to directing other big executive branch agencies and offices to defy lawful subpoenas and with all the production documents and records from the committee. in response to which the department of the state office of management and budget, department of energy and department of defense, refused to produce a single document or

record. three, directing current and former executive branch officials not to cooperate with the committees. in response to which nine administration officials defied subpoenas for testimony. namely john michael mick mulvaney, robert blair, john eisenberg, michael ellis, griffith, michael duffey, mccormick and these actions were consistent with president trump's previous efforts to undermine the united states government investigation in a foreign interference in the united states election. through these actions, president trump sought to irrigate it to himself the right to determine the scope and nature ofug impeachment inquiries into his own conduct as well as the unilateral prerogative to deny any and all information to the house of representatives in the exercise of a sole power of impeachment. in the history of the republic, no president has ever ordered

the complete defiant of an impeachment inquiry or sought to obstruct and impede the comprehensively the ability of house of rep. to investigate high crimes and misdemeanors. this abuse of office serve to cover up the president's own repeated misconduct in the season control the power of impeachment and this to nullify a vital constitutional safeguard vested solely in the house of s representatives. in all of this, president trump has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as president and subversive of the constitutional government prejudice of the cost of law and justice into the manifest energy of the people of the united states and wherefore, president trump fight such conduct has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to the esnstitution allowed to remain in office and is acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance, and the rule of law. president trump thus warrants impeachment and trials removal

from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit, under the united states. the question iss on the second article of impeachment. senators, is the respondent donald trump guilty or not guilty. the clerk will call the role. il mr. alexander, not guilty. mr. baldwin, guilty. >> mr. barrasso, not guilty. >> mr. bennett, guilty. >> missus blackburn, not guilty. >> mr. blumenthal, guilty. >> mr. blunt, not guilty. >> mr. booker, guilty.

>> mr. brisbane, bozeman, not guilty. mr. braun, not guilty. mr. brown, guilty. >> mr. burke, berg, not guilty. >> ms. cantwell, guilty. mr. o-uppercase-letter, notot guilty. mr. cardin, guilty. >> mr. carper, guilty. >> mr. casey, guilty. >> mr. cassidy, not guilty. >> ms. collins, not guilty. he met mr. kunz, guilty. mr. cornyn, not guilty. >> ms. cortez masto, guilty.

>> mr. cotton, not guilty. >> mr. kramer, not guilty. >> mr. crapo, not guilty. >> mr. cruz, not guilty. it's a mac mr. daines, north guilty printed. >> this duckworth, guilty. mr. durbin, guilty. >> mr. enzi, not guilty. mr. ernst, not guilty. missu feinstein, guilty. ms. fisher, not guilty. mr. gardiner, not guilty. missus gillibrand, guilty. mr. graham, not guilty.

mr. grassley, not guilty. ms. harris, guilty. ms. hassan, guilty. mr. holy, not guilty. mr. heimlich, guilty. mr. ono, guilty. mr. hoban, not guilty. ms. highsmith, not guilty. mr. inhofe, not guilty. mr. johnson, not guilty. mr. jim, most skinny guilty. this again. guilty. mr. kennedy. not guilty. mr. king, guilty. ms. clover chart, guilty.

langford. not guilty mr. lee heath, guilty. mr. lee, not guilty. not guilty. mr. manchin, guilty. mr. markey,mi guilty. mr. mcconnell, not guilty. ms. mcsally, nott guilty. mr. menendez, guilty. mr. merkley, guilty. mr. moran, not guilty. ms. markowski, not guilty. mr. murphy, guilty. missus murray, guilty. guilty., not mr. purdue, not guilty.

mr. peters, guilty. mr. portman, not guilty. mr. reed, mr. risch, not guilty. mr. roberts, not guilty. mr. romney, not guilty. ms. rosen, guilty. mr. brown's, not guilty. mr. rubio, plus guilty. mr. sanders, guilty. mr. seth, not guilty. mr. schatz, guilty. mr. schumer, guilty. mr. scott of florida, not guilty. mr. scott of south carolina, not

guilty. mr. sheen, guilty. mr. shelby, not guilty. ms. sinema, guilty. ms. smith, guilty. ms. stabenow, guilty. mr. solomon, not guilty. sullivan was not guilty. mr. thune, not guilty. mr. tellis, not guilty. mr. toomey, not guilty. mr. udall, guilty. this are van hollen, guilty. mr. warner, guilty. ms. moran, guilty. mr. white house, guilty. mr. wicker, not guilty.

mr. wyden, guilty. mr. young, not guilty. >> on this article of impeachment, 47 senators have announced it president of the united states donald trump, guilty as charged. fifty-three senators have announced him not guilty as charged. two thirds of the senators

present not having pronounced him guilty, the senate of judges the respondent donald john trump, president of the united states is not guilty as charged in the second article of impeachment. the presiding officers directs judgment to be entered in the court the judgment of the senate as follows. the senate having tried donald john trump president of the united states, upon two articles of impeachment exhibited against him by the house of representatives, and two thirds of the senators present not having found him guilty of the charges contained therein. it is therefore ordered and adjudged don donald john trump and is hereby acquitted the charges and said articles. >> the majority leader is recognized. >> the clerk will report.

>> ordered that the secretary be directed to communicate to the secretary of state as provided by rule 23 of the rules of procedure and practice in the senate which is sitting on impeachment trials and also to the house of representatives the judgment of the senate and in the case of donald john trump and transmit a certified copy of the judgment to each. >> without objection, the order will be entered. >> mr. chiefte justice,. >> majority leader's rent recognize printed. >> before this process fully concludes i want to very quickly acknowledge a few of the people about the senate fulfill our duty these past weeks. first and foremost, my colleagues joining me in thanking chief justice roberts for presiding over the senate trial with a clear head. a steady hand in the forbearance of this rare occasion demands.

[applause]. we know full well that his presence is our presiding officer in addition to, not instead of, his day job across the street. so the senate thanks the chief justice and his staff who helped him perform this unique role. like his predecessor, the senate will be awarding chief justice roberts the golden gavel. to commemorate his time presiding over this body we typically awareness to new senators after about hundred hours in the chairo but i think we can agree the chief justice has put in his do and then some. delivering the gavel.

>> thank you very much. >> of course countless senate professionals who efforts were essential, i more thorough facte to offer next week to all of those. in the secretary of the senate's office and the parliamentarian, and the sergeant at arms and beyond. there to a gross, i would likeo save now. first, the two different classes of senate pages, participated in the trial, their footwork and under pressure literally clipped the floor running. they came on board right in the middle of the third presidential impeachment trial in american history. and quickly found himself hand delivering hundred and 80 question cards from senators dennis to the dais. no pressure on guys print something you all very much for good work. [applause].

>> capitol police, we know the safety of our democracy literally rest in their hands. every single day. but the height and measured surrounding the trial, mentoring been more hours and even more work and even more vigilance. thank you all very much for your service to this body and to the country. [applause]. >> the chair recognizes the democratic leader. >> i join the leader in thinking that personnel who aided the senate over the past several weeks. capital place, did an outstanding job day in and out out protecting the members, and the staff in the present everyone it works and in business this capital. they were asked to work extra shifts. and in greater numbers to provide additional security. thank you to everyone of them. i too would like to think those

wonderful pages. i so much enjoyed you with your studious faces walking down right here and giving the chief justice our questions as a leader noted, the new class of they just started midway in this impeachment trial. we taken a job, you are usuallyh given a fewon jobs are few days, to get up to speed. this class was given no such leeway but they stepped right in and didn't miss a beat. marrying hundreds of questions to the chief justice on national television. that's not how most of us spend our first week at work. but they did it. i would also like to extend my personal thank you to david, the director of the office of the services. the supervisor and great bridgeway, the wonderful director of capital facilities. everyone graces his team on graces team worked so hard to make sure we were ready for

impeachment. gary richardson, known affectionately to us is tiny. jim hoover, and the cabinet who built new cabinets to deprive us of the use of our electronics and components during the trial. brenda and her team did a spectacular job in keeping the capital clean and leiden webb and his team, move the furniture and then moved it again and again and again. grace, we appreciate all of your hard work. please convey our sincerest thanks to your staff. thank you all, the whole staff for your diligent work in many long days and late nights during this very trying time in our nations history. >> the chair also wishes to make a very brief statement. to begin by thanking the majority leader in the democratic leader for the support as i attempted to carry

out ill-defined responsibilities in an unfamiliar setting. they ensured that i had wise counsel of the senate itself to the secretary and or legislative staff. i'm especially grateful to the parliamentarian beauty for their unfailing patience and keen insight. likewise i am grateful to the sergeant and arms and his staff, for the assistance and many courtesies that they extended during my period of required residency. and thank you all, for making my presence here as comfortable as possible. as i depart the chamber, i do so with an invitation to visit the port byhe long tradition and in memory of the 135 years we sat in this building. we keep the front row of the gallery in a row open for members of congress who might want to drop by to see an argument. or to escape one. i also to part with sincere good wishes as we carry out our common commitment to the

constitution through the distinct roles assigned to us by their charter. given generous hosts i look forward to seeing you again under happier circumstances. >> i move that the senate sitting at the court of impeachment on the articles against donald john trump, adjourn. >> without objection, the senate sitting at the court of impeachment, stands unturned. and adjourned.

[inaudible]. >> and president trump becomes the third president in u.s. history to have been impeached by the u.s. house, then tried and acquitted by the u.s. senate and impeachment trial printed into separate votes today article one abuse of power, article two obstruction of calm congress, and both of those those the president acquitted in the first though, the abuse of power votes, and mitt romney, the only republican melting guilty with all democrats in the to independence. about 20 more minutes left here, if only continue showing you some more of today's events. we would love to hear from you. in your reaction now that the senate trial is over.