By — Gretchen Frazee Gretchen Frazee Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-is-acquitted-of-the-1st-article-of-impeachment Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter WATCH: Trump is acquitted of the 1st article of impeachment Politics Feb 5, 2020 4:19 PM EDT The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to acquit President Donald Trump on the first article of impeachment–abuse of power. The 52-48 vote in favor of declaring Trump “not guilty” broke almost entirely along party lines. Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, who voted to convict Trump, was the only senator to cross party lines. The Senate voted 53-47 along party lines to acquit the president on the second article of impeachment—obstruction of Congress. WATCH: U.S. Senate votes on the articles of impeachment By — Gretchen Frazee Gretchen Frazee Gretchen Frazee is a Senior Coordinating Broadcast Producer for the PBS NewsHour. @gretchenfrazee
The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to acquit President Donald Trump on the first article of impeachment–abuse of power. The 52-48 vote in favor of declaring Trump “not guilty” broke almost entirely along party lines. Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, who voted to convict Trump, was the only senator to cross party lines. The Senate voted 53-47 along party lines to acquit the president on the second article of impeachment—obstruction of Congress. WATCH: U.S. Senate votes on the articles of impeachment