We're bringing you up to speed right now on the U.S. Senate's impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. First, it's over.
On Saturday, the former leader was found not guilty of the charge of incitement of insurrection. The House of Representatives brought that charge after a riot occurred at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.
Then President Trump had spoken to supporters at a massive rally earlier that day. His accusers say his word encouraged some of the people there to violently protest at the Capitol Building afterward.
His defenders said he only encouraged a peaceful protest and wasn't responsible for the riot. After the House impeaches or formally charges a president with a crime, the Senate decides whether to convict or acquit the leader.
That chamber's proceedings wrapped up quickly late last week ahead of the Valentines and Presidents Day holidays. Fifty-seven Senators voted to find former President Trump guilty of the House charge. That included all 50 of the Senate's Democrats plus seven Republicans. Forty-three Senators, all Republicans voted to find former President Trump not guilty.

For a leader to be convicted, the Constitution says that 2/3 of the Senate or 67 members must find the president guilty. The final count was 10 votes short of that so former President Trump was acquitted.
One of the Republican Senators who voted against him said that former President Trump was responsible for inciting the violence at the Capitol and that the charge rose the level of quote "high crimes and misdemeanors". That's the phrase the Constitution uses as a reason to impeach a president.
Former President Trump's attorney says his client was vindicated and that quote "the political witch-hunt that the Democrats had thrown at him was defeated".
President Trump is the first American leader to be impeached twice by the House and acquitted twice by the Senate. He and the Trump organization are still the subjects of various legal investigations outside the Federal government.
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