I will never agree that the impeachment was a waste of time, energy and money. As a prosecutor, I only looked at whether the evidence established the charge, not whether it could be won. Sometimes one has to take a dog of a case to trial, even when you know you will likely lose. I think the failed impeachment demonstrated the absolute obeisance of the Senate to Trump, as everyone was perfectly aware he was guilty. He was, and is, guilty of so much more. And, I believe that the impeachment may be largely responsible for his standing now. Yes, the COVID crisis has emphasized his incompetence and corruption, but the hearings, charges and joke of a Senate mistrial, I think, has forever tarnished the Republican Senators - with the exception of Romney. I think the peril Republicans have in the Senate is a direct result of the failed impeachment.