U.S. President Donald Trump was acquitted by the Senate on both articles of impeachment on Wednesday.
The acquittal allows him to remain in office after Democrats failed to muster the two-thirds supermajority needed for the removal of the Republican president.
One Republican – Senator Mitt Romney – voted with the opposition Democrats, who brought the charges against Trump.
A supermajority, two-thirds of the 100-member Senate, is needed to remove a president from office.
Trump was impeached in December in the House of Representatives.
He was charged with abusing his office to pressure Ukraine into announcing an investigation of his political rival ahead of elections this year, and then obstructing Congress’ investigation.
The president says he did nothing wrong. (dpa/NAN)