Queeg. That is what so many people are missing on this thread.
This Trial is supposed to come off as pure kabuki, the House presents their case -- with 720p vidya screens lofl -- and the Senate falls short, way short of votes, what those votes are supposed to do: 'remove' a private citizen? Whatever. Not the point.
No, the point is, if Leahy so much as even accidentally drops that gavel to stop the defense, then Gaetz would go straight to SCOTUS for ruling "In Re:" and pull Queeg right into that which Big John desperately wants to stay out of.
You realize that the reason Queeg specifically declined this kabuki Trial, he is the tie-breaker for adoptions. He is the 'question reader'. In Trump's 1st Impeachment Trial, Roberts (and ONLY ROBERTS could have) made critical rulings ACTING CONSTITUTIONALLY as PRESIDING OFFICER, the SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Trump's counsel, Gaetz or whoever, should open with a ticklist of Constitutional questions and force Queeg fully into the kabuki spotlight front and center -- including 'how dare you shirk your Constitutional duties, Mr. Chief Justice'; and then pull out the dirty ballots.