7 Republicans vote to convict Trump, who was acquitted in impeachment trial

WASHINGTON -- Seven Republicans voted Saturday to convict former President Donald Trump in his Senate trial, easily the largest number of lawmakers to ever vote to find a president of their own party guilty at impeachment proceedings.

While lawmakers voted 57-43 to find Trump guilty, the evenly divided Senate fell well short of the two-thirds majority required to convict an impeached president.

But by joining all 50 Democrats who voted against Trump, the seven GOP senators created a clear majority against him and provided a bipartisan chorus of condemnation of the former president. Trump was acquitted of inciting an insurrection for riling up a crowd of his supporters before they attacked the U.S. Capitol last month.

Voting to find Trump guilty were:

Richard Burr of North Carolina

Bill Cassidy of Louisiana

Susan Collins of Maine

Mitt Romney of Utah

Lisa Murkowski of Alaska

Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania

Ben Sasse of Nebraska

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Most of the defecting Republicans had clashed with Trump over the years. Burr and Toomey have said they will retire and not seek reelection when their terms expire next year.