The House procedures were clearly more than just an accusation, but the Senate does get the final say and I look at it as sentencing. Trump may just get a slap on the wrist (already delivered). I doubt if the Senate has a real trial as Republicans won't want to rehash the basis of all the accusations. Does anyone remember how it went for Clinton?
apparently you don't understand the way this works. At this point in time there has been no trial, hence the Senate can't "sentence". A trial, if it were to take place requires first that the House delivers the impeachment documents and then the Senate reviews them. They can decide to toss the impeachment out the door as being without merit and not worthy of a trail (which is quite possible) or they can have an actual trial which is something completely different from what the House conducted. If the House doesn't deliver the impeachment documents then officially there is no impeachment. Something the Democrats don't realize is that if there is a trial and Trump is found innocent (100% chance of that happening given the makeup of the Senate and what is being said by the various members) then he has the right to run for 2 additional terms according to a couple of legal analysts. The point they make is the impeachment process nullifies his first term so he is effectively starting from scratch come fall of 2020 (i.e. a maximum of 2 terms in office).