CLEVELAND — On Wednesday, President Donald Trump was acquitted by the United States Senate on both impeachment charges.
The final vote count on the first charge of abuse of power came to 48 guilty, 52 not guilty. Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah was the only Republican to vote in favor of a conviction.
Trump was also acquitted on the second charge of obstruction of Congress by a strictly party-line vote of 53-47.
This was the third impeachment trial of a president in U.S. history. None have been convicted and removed from office.
Two Ohioans on opposite ends of the political spectrum played a direct roll in the proceedings: Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to convict the president on both charges, while Republican Sen. Rob Portman voted to acquit. Shortly after the verdict, Brown posted a just-published op-ed he wrote for The New York Times, claiming many of his GOP colleagues only voted not guilty out of fear.
Portman, who last week called the president's actions in Ukraine that were at the center of the inquiry "inappropriate," say Congress should "let the American people decide" this November in the election. He also called on the Senate to "get back to work" pushing "bipartisan legislation."
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