presidency after what's happened here. ladies and gentlemen, will you come to regret this whole process. and to those who have these pe pens, i hope you will understand history will judge those pens as a souvenir ofe uncertainty from virginia and montclair new jersey, still unsure and we will let you go, the chief justice there. >> if there's no objection, thejournal of proceedings of the trial are approved to date. the deputy sergeant at arms will make the proclamation . >> hear ye, hear ye, all persons commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment while the senate

is sitting for the trial of impeachment exhibited by the house ofrepresentatives 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 senatenow ready to vote on the articles of impeachment and after that is done we will adjourn the court of impeachment . >> the clerk will read the first article of impeachment. >> article 1, abuse of power. the constitution provides the house of representatives shall have the full power of impeachment. and that the president quote, shall be removed from office impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. and his conduct of the office of president of the united states and in violation of his constitutional oath to

faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and to the best of his ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. donald j trump has abused the powers of the presidency in that using the powers of his high office, president trump solicited the interference of a foreign government. ukraine, in the 20/20 united states presidential election. he did so through a scheme or course of conduct that

included soliciting the government of the ukraine to publicly announce investigations that would benefit his reelection. armed the election prospects of a political opponent and influence the 2020 united states presidential election to his advantage. president trump also sought to pressure the government of the ukraine to take the steps by conditioning official united states government acts of value to ukraine on its public announcement of the investigation. president trump engaged in this scheme or course of conduct for corrupt purposes in pursuit of personal political benefit. in doing so president trump use the powers of the presidency in a manner that compromise national security of the united states and undermined the integrity of the democratic process. he just ignored and injured the interests of the nation. president trump engaged in this scheme through the following means. 1, president trump acting directly and through his agents within and outside the united states government corruptly solicited the government of ukraine to publicly announce investigations into a, a political opponent, former vice president joseph biden junior and b, a discredited theory promoted by russia alleging that the ukraine rather than russia interfered

in the 2016 united states presidential election. 2, with the same corrupt motive president trump acting directly and through his agents outside of the united states government conditioned to official acts on the public announcement that he had requested. a, the release of $391 million of the united states taxpayer funds that congress had appropriated on a bipartisan basis for the purpose of providing vital military and security assistance to ukraine to oppose russian aggression in which president trump had ordered suspended and be, i had of state meeting at the white house which the president of ukraine sought to demonstrate continued united states support for the government of ukraine in the face of russian aggression. 3, faced with a public revelation of his action president trump released the military and security assistance to the government of ukraine and has persisted in openly and corruptly urging and soliciting ukraine to undertake investigations for his personal political benefit.

these actions were consistent with president trump's previous invitation of foreign interference in united states elections. in all of this president trump abused the powers of the presidency by injuring national security and other vital national interest to obtain an improper personal political benefit . he has betrayed the nation by abusing his ihop is to enlist a foreign power and corrupting democratic elections . wherefore president trump by such conduct has demonstrated he willremain a threat to national security and the constitution if allowed to remain in office and has acted in a manner incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law . president trump wants impeachment and trial, removal from office and disqualification to enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the united states . >> each senator with his or her name is called will stand in his or her place and vote guilty or not guilty as

required by rule 23 of the senate rules on impeachment. article 1 section 3 closet six of the constitution regarding the vote required for conviction on impeachment provides that no question shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the members present. the question is on the first article of impeachment, senators, house au? is the respondent donald john trump guilty or not guilty? a rollcall vote is required. the court will call the roll. >> senator alexander. mister alexander, not guilty. mister baldwin. baldwin, guilty. mister barasso. not guilty. mister bennett. mister bennett, guilty. mrs. blackburn. mrs. blackburn, not guilty. mister blumenthal. mister blumenthal, guilty. mister blunt. mister blunt, not guilty. mister booker.

mister booker, guilty mister boozman. misterboozman, not guilty . mister braun. mister braun, not guilty. mister brown. mister brown, guilty. mister burr. mister burr, not guilty. miss cantwell. miss cantwell, guilty. miss capito. miss capito, not guilty. mister cardin. mister cardin, guilty. mister parker, guilty. mistercasey. mister casey, guilty.mister cassidy . mister cassidy, not guilty. miss collins. miss collins, not guilty.

mister coons. mister coons, guilty. mister cornyn. mister cornyn, not guilty. mister cortez-masto. not guilty. mister cotton, not guilty. esther kramer. mister cramer, not guilty. mister crapo. mister crapo, not guilty. mister cruz. not guilty. mister dames, not guilty. miss duckworth. miss duckworth, guilty. mister durbin. mister durbin, hilty. mister enzi. mister enzi, not guilty. miss ernst.

mister ernst, not guilty. miss feinstein. miss feinstein, guilty. miss fischer. miss fischer, not guilty. mister gardner. mister gardner, not guilty. miss gillibrand, guilty. mister brown. mister graham, not guilty. mister grassley. not guilty. miss harris. miss harris, guilty. miss hassan, guilty. mister hawley, not guilty. mister heinrich. mister heinrich, guilty. miss hirono, guilty. mister hoeven, guilty.

mrs. hyde smith, not guilty. mister inhofe, not guilty. mister johnson, not guilty. mister jones. mister jones, guilty. mister kaine. esther kaine, guilty. mister kennedy. mister kennedy, not guilty. mister king. mister king, guilty. miss klobuchar. miss klobuchar, guilty. mister lankford. mister lankford, not guilty. mister leahy.

mister leahy, guilty.mister lee. mister lee, not guilty. mrs. leffler. mrs. leffler, not guilty. mister manchin, guilty. mister markey. mister marquis, guilty. mister mcconnell. mister mcconnell, not guilty. miss sally. miss sally, not guilty. mister menendez. mister menendez, guilty mister merkley . mister merkley, guilty. mister moran. mister moran, not guilty. miss murkowski. miss murkowski, not guilty. miss murphy, mister murphy, guilty. mister murray. mrs. murray, guilty. mister paul. mister paul, not guilty. mister perdue. mister perdue, not guilty.

mister peters.mister peters, guilty mister portman . mister portman, not guilty. mister reid. mister reid, guilty. mister risch, not guilty. mister roberts. mister roberts, not guilty. mister romney. mister romney, guilty. miss rosen. ms. rosen, guilty . mister rounds. mister rounds, not guilty. mister rubio, not guilty. mistersanders . mister sanders, guilty. mister sasse. mister sasse, not guilty. mister schatz.

mister schatz, guilty. mister schumer. mister schumer, guilty. mister scott of florida. mister scott of florida, not guilty. mister scott of south carolina. mister scottof south carolina, not guilty. mrs. shaheen . mrs.shaheen, guilty. mister shelby . mister shelby , not guilty. miss sinema. miss sinema, guilty.miss smith. miss stabenow. miss stabenow, guilty. mister sullivan. mister sullivan, not guilty. mister tester. mister tester, guilty. mister thune. mister thune, not guilty. mister tellis. mister tillis, not guilty. mister toomey.

mister toomey, not guilty. mister udall. mister udall, guilty. mister van hollen. mister van hollen, guilty mister warner. mister warner, guilty. miss warren . miss warren, guilty. mister white house. white house, guilty. mister wicker. mister wicker, not guilty. mister wyden. mister wyden, guilty. mister young. mister young not guilty.

>> this article of impeachment, 48 senators have pronounced donald john trump guilty as charged.

52 senators have pronounced him not guilty as charged. two thirds of the senators present not having pronounced in guilty, the senate of judges and respondent donald john trump president of the united states is not guilty as charged in the first article of impeachment . the clerk will read the second article of impeachment. >> article 2, obstruction of congress. the constitution provides the house of representatives shall have the full power of impeachment and that the president shall be removed office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors area and his conduct of the office of the president of the united states, and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and to the best of his

ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws are faithfully executed, donald j trump has directed the unprecedented, categorical and indiscriminate defiance of subpoenas issued by the house of representatives pursuant to its full power of impeachment, president trump as abuse the powers of the presidency in a manner subversive of the constitution in that the house of representatives has engaged in an impeachment inquiry focused on president trump's corrupt solicitation of thegovernment of the ukraine to interfere in the 2020 united states presidential election .

as part of this impeachment inquiry the committee's undertaking to serve subpoenas, seeking documents and testimony deemed vital to the inquiry from various executive branch agencies and offices and current and former officials. in response without lawful excuse president trump directed executive branch agencies, offices and individuals not to comply with those subpoenas. he thus interposed the powers of the presidency against the lawful subpoenas of the house of representatives and assumed to himself functions and judgments necessary to the exercise of the sole power of impeachment vested by the constitution in the house of representatives. president trump abused the powers of his high office for the following needs: directing the white house to defy a lawful subpoena by withholding the production of documents sought therein by the committees, 2, directing other executive branch agencies and offices to defy lawful subpoenas and withhold the production of documents and records from the committees in response to

which the department of state, office of management and budget, department of energy and department of defense reviews to produce a single document or record. 3, directing current and former executive branch officials not to cooperate with the committee. in response to which nine administration officials defined subpoenas for testimony, namely john michael mc mulvaney, robert b blair, john eisenberg , michael ellis, kristin griffith, russell law, michael duffy, michael mccormick and t ulrich, consistent with efforts to undermine the united states investigation into foreign interference in the united states elections. through these actions, president trump sought to abrogate to himself the right to determine the propriety, scope and nature of an impeachment inquiry into his own conduct as well as the unilateral prerogative to deny any and all information to the house of representatives and the exercise of his full power of impeachment.

in the history of the republic no president has ever ordered the complete defiance of an impeachment inquiry or sought to obstruct and impede so comprehensively the ability of the house of representatives to investigate high crimes and misdemeanors area this abuse of office served to cover up the president's own repeated misconduct and defuse and control the power of impeachment and thus to nullify a vital constitutional safeguard vested in the house of representatives. in all of this president trump has acted in a manner contrary to histrust as president and subversive of the constitutional government to the prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the united states . wherefore president trump by such conduct has demonstrated he will remain a threat to the constitution if allowed to remain in office and has

acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law. president trump thus warrants impeachment andtrial, removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the united states . >> the question is on the second article of impeachment. senators, house a few, is the respondent donald john trump guilty or not guilty? the clerk will call the role. >> mister alexander, not guilty. miss bowman. guilty. mister barrasso. not guilty. mister bennett. guilty. mrs. blackburn. not guilty. mister blumenthal. guilty. mister blunt. not guilty. mister booker. guilty. mister boozman.

not guilty. mister braun. not guilty. mister brown. guilty. mister burr. not guilty. miss cantwell. guilty. mister capito. not guilty. mister cardin. guilty. mistercarver . guilty. mister casey. guilty. mister cassidy. not guilty. miss collins. not guilty. mister coons. guilty. mister cornyn. not guilty. miss cortez masto.

guilty. mister cotton not guilty. mister cramer. not guilty. mister crapo, not guilty. mister cruz. not guilty. mister daines. not guilty. missduckworth . guilty. mister durbin. guilty. mister enzi, not guilty. miss ernst. not guilty. mrs.feinstein . guilty. mrs. fischer. not guilty. mister gardner. not guilty. mrs. gillibrand.

guilty. mister graham. not guilty. mistergrassley . not guilty. miss harris. guilty. miss hassan. guilty. mister hawley. not guilty. mister heinrich. guilty. miss hirono. guilty. mister hovin. guilty. mrs. highsmith, not guilty. mister inhofe. not guilty. mister johnson, not guilty. mister jones. guilty. mister kaine, guilty. mister kennedy. not guilty. mister king. guilty. miss klobuchar.

guilty. mister lankford. not guilty. mister leahy. guilty mister lee . not guilty. mrs. loeffler. not guilty. mister manchin. not guilty. mister markey. not guilty. mister mcconnell. not guilty. miss mcsally. not guilty. mister menendez. guilty. mister merkley. not guilty. mister moran. not guilty. miss murkowski. not guilty. mister murphy. not guilty. miss murray, guilty. misterpaul , not guilty.

misterperdue . not guilty. mister peters. guilty. mister portman. not guilty. mister reid. guilty. mister risch. not guilty. mister roberts. not guilty. mister romney. not guilty. miss rosen. guilty. mister rounds. not guilty. mister rubio. not guilty. mister sanders. guilty. mister sasse. not guilty. mister schatz. guilty. mister schumer.

mister scott of florida. not guilty. mister scott of south carolina. not guilty. mrs. shaheen. guilty. mister shelby. not guilty. miss sinema, guilty. miss smith, guilty. miss stabenow, guilty. mister sullivan, not guilty. mister tester. guilty. mister thune. not guilty. mister tillis. not guilty. mister toomey. not guilty. mister udall. guilty. mister van hollen. guilty. mister warner. guilty. miss warren. guilty. miss whitehouse, guilty.

mister wicker. not guilty. mister wyden. not guilty. mister young. not guilty. >>. [no audio]

>> on this article of impeachment, 47 senators have pronounced donald john trump president of the united states guilty as charged. 53 senators have pronounced him not guilty as charged. two thirds of the senators not having produced in guilty, the senate of judges that respondent donald john trump, president of the united states is not guilty as charged in the second article of impeachment . the presiding officer directs judgment to be entered in accordance with the judgment of the senate as follows. the senate having tried donald john trump president of the united states on 2 articles of impeachment exhibited against him by the house of representatives and two thirds of the senators present having not found him guilty of the charges contained therein, it is therefore ordered andadjudged that donald john trump be and is hereby acquitted of the charges insaid articles . >> mister chief justice. >> the majority leader is

recognized . >> i send an order to the desk . >> the clerk will report. >> order 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 when sitting on impeachment trials and also to the house of representatives the judgment of the senate in the case of donald john trump and transmit a certified copy of the judgment to each. >> without objection the order will be entered. >> mister chief justice. >> the majority leader is recognized . >> before this process fully concludes i want to very quickly acknowledge a few of the people who helped the senate fulfill our duty these past weeks. first and foremost , i know my colleagues join me in thanking chief justice roberts for presiding over the senate trial with a clear head, steady hand and the

forbearance that this rare occasion commands. [applause] we know full well that his presence as our presiding officer came in addition to, not instead of his day job across the street. so the senate thanks the chief justice and his staff to help them perform this unique role. like his predecessor, chief justice rehnquist, the senate will award chief justice roberts the golden gavel to commemorate his time presiding over this body, we typically award this to new senators after 100 hours in the chair but i think we can agree that chief justice has put in his due and then some. the page is delivering the gavel .

>> thank you very much. of course, there are countless senate professionals whose efforts were essential. i have faxed offer next week to all of those names and the secretary of the senate's office and the parliamentarians, sergeant at arms team and beyond but there are two more groups i'd like to bring up now. first, the two different classes of senate who participated in this trial, their footwork and cool under pressure literally kept the floor running. our current class came on board right in the middle of the third presidential impeachment trial in american history and quickly found themselves hand delivering 180 question cards from senators desks to the dais, no pressure, right guys thank you all very much for your good work . [applause] and a second, the

fine men and women of the capital police, we know the safety of our democracy literally rest in their hands every single day. but the heightened measures surrounding the trial meant even 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 joined the republican leader in thanking the personnel who aided the senate over the past several weeks. capital police do an outstanding job day in and day out to protect the members of this chamber, their staff, the press and everyone who works in and visits this chamber.

they are asked to work extra shifts and in greater numbers to provide additional security over the past three weeks. thank you to everyone of them. i too would like to thank those wonderful pages. i so much enjoyed you with your serious faces walking down right here and giving the chief justice our questions as the leader noted, the new class of pages started midway in this impeachment trial. when you take a new job you are usually given a few days to take stock of things, get up to speed. this class was given no such leeway but they stepped right in and didn't miss a beat . bearing hundreds of questions from us senators to the chief justice on national television is not how most of us spend our first week at work but they did it with aplomb. i like to extend my personal thank you to david house, director of the office of services, tyler humphrey, supervisor and gates ridgway, the wonderful director of capital facilities. everyone on graces team

worked so hard to make sure we were ready for impeachment. gary richardson, known affectionately to us as tiny , chief chamber attendant. tim huber and the cabinet shop built new cabinets to deprive us of the use of our electronics and flipphones during the trial. brenda byrd . brenda byrd and her team did a spectacular job keeping the capital clean and lyden webb and his team who moved the furniture and moved it again and again. grace, we appreciate your hard work. please convey our sincerest thanks to your staff. thank you all, the whole staff for your diligent work through many long days and late nights during this trying time in our nations history. >> the chair wishes to make a very brief statement.

i would like to begin by thanking the majority leader and democratic leader for their support as i attempted to carry out ill-defined responsibilities in an unfamiliar setting. they ensured that i have the wise counsel of the senate itself through its secretary and herlegislative staff. i am especially grateful to the parliamentarian and her deputy for their unfailing patience and keen insight . i am likewise grateful to the sergeant at arms and his staff for the assistance and many courtesies extended during my 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 court. by long tradition and in memory of the 135 years we sat in this building to keep the front row of the gallery in our courtroom open for members of congress who might want to drop by to see an argument or to escape one.

i also depart with sincere good wishes as we carry out our common commitment to the constitution through the distinct roles assigned to us by thatcharter. and have been generous hosts and i look forward to seeing you again under happier circumstances .>> the chair recognizes the majority leader. >> i move that the senate sitting as a court of impeachment on the articles against donald john trump adjourned, sine die. >> the senate sitting as a court of impeachment stands adjournedsine die .

>> 52 to 48 to a quick president's trump of article one abuse of power. the senate then voted 5347 to acquit of article two of obstruction of congress. mitt romney broke ranks with his party to vote on the abuse of power charge. following the vote the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell held a briefing to talk about the end of the impeachment trial. his remarks were followed by