This reminds me a whole lot of the George Floyd case
in the sense that both cases were extremely controversial. In the Floyd case lot of people didn't think a jury would convict a cop, because historically that hasn't happened often (and still doesn't, sadly). Many right here on DU predicted a hung jury, or deliberations that would go on for a very long time, or even an acquittal. In both cases the judges handled the cases fairly, calmly and competently, and the prosecutors in both tried excellent cases (the defense, not so much - but neither defense lawyer had much to work with). In both cases the juries came back with unanimous verdicts in about the same amount of time. The cases are very different, of course, in that one involved a rogue cop and the other involved a rogue ex-president. The rogue cop behaved himself throughout the trial and didn't threaten anybody. The rogue ex-president, not so much.
But the system worked in both cases, and that makes me very happy.