Exonerated implies innocence, but regrettably, Impeached Trump was found "not guilty," not, "innocent."
"Not guilty"?
Innocent UNTIL PROVEN guilty.
INNOCENT!
why isn't the verdict ''innocent''?
That's English common law, moron.
what's english common law?
Innocent until proven guilty by a court of law?
or
Guilty vs not guilty verdict?
instead of Guilty vs Innocent verdict?
Honestly, I could not give a flying hoot on this topic and it is petty, each side claiming their view.....
including myself.
But, I believe the verdict is NOT GUILTY vs "Innocent" because a criminal trial in America requires the juries to bring a guilty verdict only if it is beyond a reasonable doubt of innocence .... so in the case of OJ as an example, they gave him the verdict of Not Guilty, because they had "reasonable doubt" of guilt, with the shenanigans that went on with law enforcement.
They could not have a verdict of found Innocent, but they could have a verdict of Not Guilty, because to be a verdict of guilty, it had to be BEYOND a reasonable doubt.
Impeachment is NOT a criminal trial...
If it were a criminal trial, the Judge would have struck down the hours of "Hunter/Joe Biden is a bad guy" testimony that was immaterial to the charges.... The court trial would have been forced to have material witnesses if either side wanted them.... there would be no negotiating or even talking to the jury members by the prosecution, OR BY THE DEFENDANT'S lawyers and team... there would have been no deal with the Jury to acquit a defendant BEFORE the trial even started....