Majority Leader Mitch McConnell remained silent about Trump throughout the campaign but worked with him as President until it became clear impeachment was inevitable.

In an astonishing development, the Senate has voted almost unanimously to impeach President Trump and to convict the former President, his former senior strategist and National Security Council principle Stephen K. Bannon, and his former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

After hearing the House’s case for impeachment (which was confirmed by a greater than three-fourths majority) and deliberating for almost two weeks, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell read the details of the conviction, which find Mr. Donald J. Trump, Mr. Stephen K. Bannon, and Mr. Rex W. Tillerson guilty of treason against the United States.

The verdict follows an agonizing trial which captivated the American public and the world at large as one piece of evidence against the President and his inner circle after another was unveiled in a seemingly endless procession of guilt. Sparked by the revelation that the infamous Steele ‘golden shower’ dossier was, in fact, accurate, the trial saw Trump’s tax returns finally unearthed resulting in a scandal the likes of which seem to be unprecedented throughout the scope of human history thus far.

As an endless stream of news rolled in about Trump’s financial ties to Russia and other authoritarian regimes around the world and how they directly influenced his decisions as President, even causing him to put American lives in danger, the epic scope of his crimes was gradually revealed.

Dwarfing the combined blow dealt to our national consciousness by the Watergate, Iran-Contra, Wikileaks, and Panama Papers scandals, as well as the effects of the financial crisis and arguably even 9/11, the scope of Trump’s corruption and degree to which he flagrantly disregarded the responsibilities of his office while seeking to enrich himself have left even his most ardent critics speechless.

The international community has already begun to condemn the legitimacy of President Pence, who was sworn in less than an hour ago by Chief Justice Kennedy in a rushed, impromptu ceremony in the west wing. Pence has so far claimed to be ‘out of the loop’ in regards to the extent of the Trump campaign and administration’s cooperation and collusion with high-level Russian officials, however numerous media reports have alleged that he was at least complicit in the President’s actions and was only spared a conviction so as to maintain some level of confidence in our government.

President Pence’s future remains uncertain, as the man next in the line of succession, House Speaker Paul Ryan became a fierce advocate for impeachment following the new revelations about the dossier and Trump’s secret deal to receive profits from a 19% share of Russian state-owned oil company, Rosneft.

The DOW Jones Industrial Average, which soared to record highs of over 20,000 prior to the beginning of Trump’s implosion took another steep dive of over a thousand points today and closed at just over 10,000 as numerous reports of suicides on Wall Street continued to flood the media.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extended another offer of sanctuary to Americans fleeing the chaos following the announcement of the Senate’s verdict Monday, with tens of thousands continuing to flee North as riots persist in major cities across the country where federal troops have been stationed for weeks.

Violent clashes between protestors and police continue, while some officers and national guardsmen simply abandoned their gear on the job and walked away upon news of Trump’s conviction breaking, numerous chains of command clearly either being disrupted or collapsing entirely.

As the U.S. continues to descend into the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression and the worst political crisis since the Watergate scandal, the future of the global hegemon remains uncertain. There have already been unconfirmed reports of Russian troop mobilizations near the borders of several Baltic nations, as Francis Fukuyama’s claims regarding the ‘end of history’ seem close to being definitively proved false.