WASHINGTON — Louisiana's Republican U.S. senators helped acquit President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial, both voting "not guilty" on articles of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, and U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-Madisonville, had signaled they wouldn't support removing Trump from office over allegations that he leveraged military aid to Ukraine while having urged its president to announce it would investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.
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