Trump was not acquitted

[Cartoonist]

I don't like that term. Legalese is not my native language, but it seems to me that the correct description should be a hung jury. Less than two thirds voted to acquit.

That's my interpretation of the Constitution.

[Ohiogal]

1. Maybe

“Dismissed” is a better word than “acquitted”?

[Igel]

2. There was no motion to acquit that could have gotten 2/3 vote.

The only motion was to convict. It failed because too many voted "not guilty".

It's a privative, not an equipollent, opposition. There is no ambiguity, no third option--like at trial, you're either guilty or you're something else. And since whatever that something else may be is something that's not "guilty", we call that something "not guilty."

It's been pointed out a lot: Juries do not declare somebody innocent. OJ was "not guilty", Clinton was "not guilty".

[Polybius]

3. So Clinton wasn't acquitted either???

The constitution says if it's less than 2/3rds voting Yes, it is indeed acquittal.

[AncientGeezer]

4. Per the Constitution 2/3rds is for conviction only.

The CJ declared it an acquittal. Legalese IS his "native language"

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. Well, the experts interpret it differently.

[panader0]

6. he was certainly not declared innocent.

[Cartoonist]

7. That's what I'm saying

Thanks. I thought nobody was getting it.