The impeachment managers brought in doctored evidence (edited tweets to add verification marks and changed timestamps). If a real prosecution had done that in a criminal court, the judge would have thrown the case out for prosecutorial misconduct.

The best villains, despite being a genuine threat, still have a moral code that they are at least reluctant to break. It grounds their character in a way that the audience can relate to. Too bad reality has spiraled out of control to the point of real people being more morally bankrupt than fictional characters designed to be absolute evil.