Trump is expected to finish his term as President as none of the Senate’s 53 republicans have said they will vote to convict him. 9News
Four months after Democrats in the US House of Representatives launched a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine, the Senate is poised to acquit him on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
While the vote will be historic, there is little doubt of the outcome as none of the Senate's 53 Republicans have said they will vote to convict him. It would take 67 of the 100 senators to oust the 45th president from office - an action that has never been taken by the Senate. In 1868, President Andrew Johnson was found not guilty of 11 charges, which partially revolved around a post-Civil War tussle over his removal of the secretary of war.
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