I believe the dim-0s will impeach Trump. All they need is 1 plus 50% of the votes in the house and there are that many dim-0s there. HOWEVER....This impeachment will forever have an asterick beside it as having been the first one done in the dark giving the best prez in history no chance to prove their allegations wrong. This move will also set fire to the electorate and dim-0s will suffer greatly at the polls.
. . . and, precisely on that ground, no honest senator can vote to convict.‘Course, whoever said that Democrat senators were honest? Not even the Republican ones always are. But any congrersscritter voting for impeachment/conviction votes against the very existence of the Republican Party.
I know that Trump conducted a hostile takeover of the Republican Party. But unless you savor running for reelection on a third party ticket - and seeing the Democrats control Congress unopposed - you have to go along with the party on this.
I trust Mitch McConnell will make that clear to his entire caucus.