{"id":319706,"date":"2020-02-06T04:31:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T04:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=319706"},"modified":"2020-02-06T04:31:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T04:31:31","slug":"us-president-donald-trump-acquitted-of-impeachment-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/us-president-donald-trump-acquitted-of-impeachment-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"US President Donald Trump acquitted of Impeachment Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-319707 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/trump.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/02\/trump.jpg 591w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/02\/trump-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/02\/trump-433x420.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/>US President Donald Trump was acquitted on Wednesday by the Republican-controlled Senate of charges that he abused the powers of his office and obstructed Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Democrats fell far short of the two-thirds supermajority required to remove President Trump from office, as senators voted 52 to 48 to acquit him on the abuse-of-power allegation and 53 to 47 to clear him of obstruction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe sham impeachment attempt concocted by Democrats ended in the full vindication and exoneration of President,\u201d The White House tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cToday, House Democrats\u2019 sham impeachment ended with the full vindication and exoneration of President @realDonaldTrump by the Senate,\u201d The White House added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Secretary Pompeo said, \u201cPer Senate impeachment Rule XXIII, \u201c[u]pon pronouncing judgement, a certified copy of such judgement shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State.\u201d Tonight, it was my pleasure to sign President @realDonaldTrump\u2019s full acquittal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">After the twin acquittal votes, Trump tweeted that he will deliver a statement Thursday on \u201cour Country\u2019s VICTORY on the Impeachment Hoax!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThroughout this wholly corrupt process, President Trump successfully advanced the interests of the United States and remained focused on the issues that matter to Americans,\u201d White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cHe spent his time achieving real victories for the people of this country, and the Democrats \u2014 once again \u2014 have nothing to show for their fraudulent schemes. The President is pleased to put this latest chapter of shameful behavior by the Democrats in the past, and looks forward to continuing his work on behalf of the American people in 2020 and beyond,\u201d Grisham added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump was acquitted on Wednesday by the Republican-controlled Senate of charges that he abused the powers of his office and obstructed Congress. Democrats fell far short of the two-thirds supermajority required to remove President Trump from office, as senators voted 52 to 48 to acquit him on the abuse-of-power allegation and 53 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":319707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[64],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319706"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319708,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319706\/revisions\/319708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/319707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}