It cannot be described as a surprise. The U.S. Senate, controlled by Republicans, voted to clear President Donald Trump of the two impeachment charges. Trump was charged with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

For more on this, we turn to CGTN’s White House correspondent Nathan King.

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To discuss all of this:

• Bassima Alghussein is the CEO of Alghussein Global Strategies.
• Arthur Estopinan is President of the Estopinan Group.
• Song Zhang is the Washington Bureau Chief of Shanghai Wen Hui Daily.
• Nate Lerner is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Build the Wave.

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