The moment Democrats decided not to litigate in order to obtain the requisite testimony for impeachment, the Senate trial was destined to prove as dumb as our times deserve.

In a fitting conclusion to this clown show of an impeachment process, impeachment manager Jason Crow decided to dust off the most hackneyed trope in the #Resistance treasure trove — relying on a fictional wizard to make the case that the Senate ought to remove he-who-must-not-be-president from office.