2021.02.14 22:22 GMT+8

Expert on Trump impeachment: Difficult to convict a president, requires super majority in Senate

Updated 2021.02.14 22:22 GMT+8
CGTN

The U.S. Senate has acquitted former President Donald Trump on charges of inciting an insurrection at the Capitol building. The Senate vote of 57-43 fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict. CGTN spoke to Josef Gregory Mahoney, a professor of politics at East China Normal University, who said it's difficult to convict a former president, as it requires a super majority in Senate.

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