THE UK Foreign Secretary has refused to confirm whether he would have voted to convict Donald Trump for his role in the US Capitol riot.
Dominic Raab insisted he did not want to "get dragged into" a debate about the former president’s impeachment trial.
A total of 57 senators voted to convict Trump, including seven Republicans, while 43 voted to acquit – short of the two-third majority requited for impeachment.
The Tory Foreign Secretary said he was content the system in Washington would see justice done.
He was quizzed about the issue on the BBC’s Andrew Marr show.
"I would say that we we've always said we trust the US system of checks and balances to resolve all of those issues,” Raab commented.
"My focus has been on working with the new administration. I spoke to [US Secretary of State] Tony Blinken yesterday we're cooperating on a whole range of issues, including the nuclear issue around Iran, many others, Myanmar, and will continue to do so."
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Trump, who is the first-ever president to be impeached twice, denounced the trial as “the greatest witch hunt in history" after he was acquitted.
If he had been convicted, the Senate could have voted to bar him from running for office ever again.
However, many commentators believe the trial may well have killed off any hopes of a comeback.
The seven Republicans who voted to convict were Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Ben Sasse, Bill Cassidy, Richard Burr, Mitt Romney and Pat Toomey.
Explaining her decision, Collins said by "subordinating the interests of the country to his own selfish interests [Trump] bears significant responsibility for the invasion of the Capitol.
"The abuse of power and betrayal of his oath by President Trump meet the constitutional standard of 'high crimes and misdemeanours' and for those reasons I voted to convict Donald J. Trump."
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