Trump impeachment: divided reaction in US after former president acquitted – live updates

57-43 vote in Senate reflects split opinion across US over Capitol attack impeachmentSenate Republicans stand by their man and Trump wins second acquittalMcConnell savages Trump – minutes after voting to acquitCritics condemn Trump acquittal as racist voteBiden urges vigilance to defend ‘fragile’ democracySign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 2.34pm GMT Donald Trump may have escaped consequences in Congress for his actions leading up to the Capitol riot on 6 January, but CNN have this piece today reminding us that Trump’s legal woes are far from over. They cite three specific threats that the former president now faces:Georgia election resultsGeorgia officials announced that the former President faces two new investigations over calls he made to election officials in an attempt to overturn the state’s election results. A source familiar with the Georgia secretary of state’s investigation confirmed they are investigating two calls, including one Trump made to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.Trump also faces a criminal investigation in New York where the Manhattan District Attorney’s office is looking into whether the Trump Organization violated state laws, such as insurance fraud, tax fraud or other schemes to defraud. The scope of the investigation is broad, with prosecutors looking into, among other things, whether the Trump Organization misled financial institutions when applying for loans or violated tax laws when donating a conservation easement on its estate called Seven Springs and taking deductions on fees paid to consultants.In Washington, federal prosecutors have signaled that no one is above the law, including Trump, and have stressed that nothing is off the table when asked if they were looking at the former President’s role in inciting violence.In the flurry of court proceedings after more than 200 people were charged with federal crimes, Trump’s influence on rioters has been mentioned both by prosecution and defendants looking to defray responsibility. In a case filed Thursday against a member of the Oath Keepers, prosecutors alleged the woman was awaiting direction from Trump, which is the first time they have made that direct of an allegation. 2.26pm GMT The president doesn’t have anything official in his public diary today, nevertheless we are expecting an executive order to be signed to bring back an Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to the White House, as per White House senior director of coalitions media Jennifer MolinaNEW: Today @POTUS will sign an executive order to reestablish the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. The office will work with community and faith leaders to tackle the problems in front of us.More details in @EJDionne's column: https://t.co/FDh12F91dHBattles over religion are nothing new in US history, but the Trump years were a ruinous nadir. Trump goaded millions of religious conservatives to embrace the heresy of white Christian nationalism.Biden has a plan to nudge the nation back toward a more benign and (dare one say it?) constructive engagement with faith. He hopes to encourage greater tolerance and openness across our creedal differences and to embrace the role that churches, synagogues, mosques and the houses of worship of other faith traditions play as solvers of problems and builders of civil society. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2021/feb/14/donald-trump-impeachment-acquitted-senate-trial-joe-biden-live-updates #trump_impeachment_(2021) #us_news #donald_trump #us_politics #joe_biden