The impeachment sought to hold Trump responsible for the Capitol insurrection, when his supporters on January 6, 2021 stormed the US Capitol.
The New York Assembly, controlled by Cuomo's fellow Democrats, opened the impeachment investigation in March.
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Can the 43 Republican senators who voted for acquittal be accused of hypocrisy, and do they pose a threat to democracy in the US?
The gap between them widened last Saturday, when McConnell declared on the Senate floor that Trump was "practically and morally responsible" for the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol.
Little is known of the riot even today.
It doesn’t take a lawyer to see that Trump urged his supporters to try and overturn the election results through public disruption.
In the show trials, Nazi prosecutors tried people accused of political offenses; virtually all were convicted, most receiving death sentences.
That leaves Republicans in a precarious position as they try to forge a winning coalition in the 2022 elections for control of Congress and a 2024 White House race that might include Trump.
"While the final vote did not lead to a conviction, the substance of the charge is not in dispute."