The 57-43 vote fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to secure a conviction and marks the second time in 13 months that Trump has been acquitted by the Senate on impeachment charges brought by the House. http://politi.co/3rR5cYg 
House impeachment managers needed to convince 17 Republicans to join all Democrats to impeach Trump.

In the end, 7 Republicans broke ranks to vote to convict: Burr, Cassidy, Collins, Murkowski, Romney, Sasse and Toomey.

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Today's 57-43 vote marked the first time since 1868 that a majority of the Senate voted to convict a president on an impeachment charge.

And the 7 Republicans who broke ranks are the most to support the conviction of a president from their own party. https://politi.co/3rR5cYg 
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