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County sheriff’s deputy, jurors voted to acquit.

In the end, despite an uncharacteristically fiery condemnation of Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection, McConnell voted to acquit the outgoing president.

"Even if I suspect the accused probably committed the offence charged… I must acquit."

He ended the 1924 Beer Hall Putsch trial, in which he was convicted of treason and sentenced to five years in prison, with the ominous warning to the judge: “You can declare us guilty a thousand times, but the eternal court of history will tear up the indictment and conviction with a smile and will acquit us.”

So even though there was no real question as to whether they did the things they were accused of doing — they admitted that they did — they thought it shouldn't be a crime, and people chose to acquit them.