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A surprise effort by hard-right House Republicans to impeach President Joe Biden has been sidelined for now. But the ability of GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert to force the issue demonstrates the challenge Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces in controlling his own Republican majority.

Seven Republicans joined with all Democrats and independents to vote to convict the former president for inciting an insurrection, but the tally is short of the two-thirds vote needed.

The trial of the former president concluded on Saturday with an acquittal of the former president.

Rep. Jamie Raskin played a series of video clips showing the former president encouraging or excusing violence against his perceived political opponents.

Many of the statements referenced in the Senate impeachment trial appear in the criminal cases against the alleged rioters.

House impeachment managers played new video and audio documenting the violent mayhem at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., says former President Donald Trump was singularly responsible for inciting the mob that breached the Capitol on Jan. 6.

The former president is being tried on one article of impeachment saying he incited the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Videos shown during the proceedings may contain profanity and violence.

Six Republicans voted with all Democrats to advance the Senate impeachment trial.

The video was laden with violence and obscenities shouted by the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol building on Jan. 6.