Wrong antithesis. Completely, 100% wrong.
There's no "and then" to the process.
The prosecution either proves guilt (beyond a reasonable doubt in a criminal trial) or the person is acquitted.
In our current political theater, there's no standard defined to which senators must consider the evidence as having surpassed. That's why the founders required 2/3 of the senators to convict in an impeachment trial. They knew there would be children in the house who would try to pull politically motivated crap, like Pelosi, Schiff, and Nadler have tried to pull. They were counting on the adults in the senate to restore order.