After the election, when he lost by 7 million votes, he repeatedly claimed that the election was stolen and subjected to widespread fraud. “President Trump had set the stage months before the 2020 election by stating repeatedly that the election was rigged, casting doubt into the minds of the American people about the fairness of the election. “The facts make clear that the violence and desecration of the Capitol that we saw on January 6 was not a spontaneous uprising,” she said. On Sunday, Murkowski’s office issued a statement from her explaining her vote. Mitt Romney of Utah.Īnd two days after the Capitol uprising, Murkowski in an interview with the Daily News called on Trump to step down, saying, “I want him to resign.
Who voted not guilty trial#
Earlier this week, she voted to allow the trial to proceed in the Senate, alongside other moderate Republicans like Sen. Throughout the impeachment trial, Murkowski was often cited nationally as a Republican senator who could potentially stray from her party in the final vote. The senators who voted to acquit the former president included Alaska’s other senator, Dan Sullivan, who said he condemned Trump’s “actions and inactions” in the wake of the Capitol uprising but believed impeachment was a process intended to remove someone from office, which no longer applied to Trump. Ultimately, 57 senators voted to convict Trump while 43 senators voted that he was not guilty - a result that fell short of the two-thirds majority required for a conviction. Capitol last month.Īlaska’s senior senator, Lisa Murkowski, voted along with six other Republicans to convict Trump on the charge of “incitement of insurrection.”
(Stefani Reynolds/Pool via AP)Īlaska’s two Republican senators split on their votes Saturday over whether to convict former President Donald Trump of inciting a violent riot that overtook the U.S. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, arrives at the start of the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Trump, Saturday, Feb. Updated: FebruPublished: February 14, 2021
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