Donald Trump has been acquitted of inciting an attack on the US Capitol, concluding an historic impeachment trial and sparing him the first-ever conviction of a US president.
Mr Trump was accused of inciting an insurrection by encouraging thousands of supporters to march on the Capitol on January 6, the day Congress gathered to certify Democrat Joe Biden's electoral victory.
And today the US Senate voted 57-43 in favour of convicting the former president, falling short of the two-thirds majority needed to do so.
Earlier, the trial was thrown into confusion as senators voted to consider hearing witnesses, a step that could have significantly extended the proceedings and delayed a vote.
Here are some notable moments from the last day of the trial.
Republican Congresswoman's statement leads to chaotic vote
The final day of Mr Trump's impeachment trial dramatically centred on moderate Republican Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler, after she released a statement on Friday night (local time) about Mr Trump's actions during the Capitol siege.
Ms Beutler, one of 10 Republicans who voted last month in the House of Representatives to impeach Mr Trump, recounted the details of a call between Mr Trump and the top House Republican, Kevin McCarthy.
Ms Beutler said Mr McCarthy recounted Mr Trump saying: "Well Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are."
She said Mr Trump initially denied his supporters were involved in the attack, saying the mob were members of the loosely organised left-wing Antifa movement, a false claim that Mr McCarthy rejected.
Ms Beutler called on people with knowledge of Mr Trump's conversation with Mr McCarthy to speak out.
The revelations led to a chaotic vote in which Senators said witnesses would be allowed in the proceedings, which could have delayed a conclusion for weeks.
Trump's Defence lawyer Michael Van der Veen said that limiting the witness testimony to one individual would "handcuff" his case.
He said he'd want to call "hundreds" of people to testify.
The Senate, Mr Trump's lawyers and the House lawmakers serving as prosecutors later agreed that Ms Beutler's statement could be entered into evidence.
Democrats give their final arguments
After a delay of several hours, the trial got back on track with closing arguments and the session heading toward a vote on the verdict.
The lead impeachment manager, Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin, said the January 6 mob acted on Mr Trump's instructions and with his approval, while the then-president failed to defend vulnerable lawmakers or his own vice president.
"If that's not ground for conviction, if that's not a high crime and misdemeanour against the republic and United States of America, then nothing is," Mr Raskin said.
Mr van der Veen said his client had not been given due process and said Mr Trump had not incited violence.
"No matter how much truly horrifying footage we see of the conduct of the rioters and how much emotion has been injected into this trial, that does not change the fact that Mr Trump is innocent of the charges against him," he said.
"The act of incitement never happened."
Mr van der Veen added that the case was a "phony impeachment show trial".
Democrat Joe Neguse said: "You can't claim there's no due process when you won't participate in the process."
Mr Trump declined to testify in the proceedings.
"This trial in the final analysis is not about Donald Trump," said Mr Raskin.
The Senate votes to find Trump not guilty
When the Senate vote finally came, it fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict Mr Trump.
Senators voted 57-43 guilty on the charge of incitement of insurrection.
Though Mr Trump was acquitted, seven Republicans voted to convict him, making it easily the largest number of senators to ever find a president of their own party guilty of an impeachment charge.
Impeachment trials are rare.
US senators meeting as the court of impeachment over a president has occurred only four times in the nation's history — for Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton and now twice for Mr Trump, the only one to be twice impeached.
Despite voting "not guilty" on the charge of incitement of insurrection, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said the former president held practical and moral responsibility for provoking the Capitol riot.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Republicans' refusal to hold Mr Trump accountable would be remembered "as one of the darkest days and most dishonourable acts in our nation's history."
Seventy-one percent of American adults, including nearly half of all Republicans, believe Mr Trump was at least partially responsible for starting the Capitol assault, but only about half of the country thought he should be convicted of inciting insurrection, according to an Ipsos poll conducted for Reuters.
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