It's February 5, 2020.

It's the 13th and final day of the impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump.

I'm Margaret Taylor, Senior Editor at Law Fair.

Today, Senators cast their votes on whether the president is guilty or not guilty on both

articles of impeachment.

Each senator's name was called, they stood at their desks, and their votes were recorded.

The president was acquitted on both articles.

Senator Mitt Romney, Republican from Utah, joined all Democrats in voting to convict on

the first article of impeachment on abusive power.

Afterward, I sat down with my colleagues at Law Fair to reflect on this impeachment

trial.

That discussion is included in this episode.

This is the impeachment episode 12, the final vote.

Sorry.

It's never enough when it comes to President Trump.

This sham process is the low point in the Senate for me.

If you think you've done the country a good service by legitimizing this impeachment

process, what you have done is unleashed the partisan forces of hell.

Mr. President, this has been a divisive time for our country, but I think it has nonetheless

been an important constitutional process for us to follow.

As this chapter of history draws to a close, one thing is clear to me.

As I've said before, our country deserves better than this.

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