Former US president Donald Trump acquitted of inciting riot at Capitol building after impeachment trial

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US president Donald Trump has been acquitted at his impeachment trial of inciting last month’s riot at the Capitol.By a vote of 57 to 43 on Saturday, the Senate voted to clear Trump on the charge, falling ten short of the 67 needed for conviction.Seven Republicans broke party ranks to find Trump guilty.The vote marked the second time in 12 months that Trump has survived an impeachment trial.Democrats had wanted to bar him from holding public office again.House prosecutors had argued that Trump’s rallying cry to his supporters to go to the Capitol and “fight like hell” on January 6 led to the insurrection along with his lies about the presidential election being stolen from him.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your.