It bears repeating, impeachment is a political process. The rules of criminal court do not apply. High crimes and misdemeanors are whatever Nadler, Schiff, and Pelosi say they are. Do not believe for a moment that the Trump presidency is not in peril. As to the Senate, I am sure 14 plus Republicans will name and receive their price.
I’ll just say my understanding is different from yours on this. That is, that you cannot just make shite up and demand an elected official be removed from office, no matter what Cillizza says. (And I wouldn’t quite hold him up as authoritative in this - or in much of anything).
For example, a lot of people are confused about the Clinton impeachment - believing it was because he had sex with Monica. Nope - the crimes were perjury and obstruction of justice. Without a real-world, tangible crime (not imagined, made-up crime), there’s just nothing to go on.
That’s why the Dems are just doing pretend/show impeachments - they got nuthin’ to really offer up, but they gotta keep their crazed mob happy.