Gonna get real pedantic here. It’s passé that “impeachment” is the part the House of Representatives does, then the Senate gets their vote. If 2/3 of the Senage agree the person did the bad, this means they are “convicted” by the Senate which automatically leads to removal from office. So, a conviction in reference to the broader “impeachment” process comes with very real consequences, by definition.
Impeachments without a result are also convictions without consequences. If anything they showed him he could do whatever he wanted, so he has.
Gonna get real pedantic here. It’s passé that “impeachment” is the part the House of Representatives does, then the Senate gets their vote. If 2/3 of the Senage agree the person did the bad, this means they are “convicted” by the Senate which automatically leads to removal from office. So, a conviction in reference to the broader “impeachment” process comes with very real consequences, by definition.