No I don’t expect 17 either for that matter neither do the Rats. What they really, really want is 4 rino traitors. That will give them a bipartisan majority to convict. They will use it is a propaganda club to beat on Trump with throughout the twenty campaign. We have heard Mitt has been working in the background to get some turncoats to join him. Maybe true maybe not.
In the end, I think there will be no Republican defections either in the House or Senate.
And, off the top of my head, the three Democrat Senators most likely to acquit are Manchin, Jones, and Sinema.
How is 4 defectors enough to convict? Senate needs 67 to vote to convict and remove from office. It is mission impossible. It is not simple majority like in the House of Reps.
Mitt’s working as hard & fast as he can to impeach trump before ol mitt’s name turns up in this Ukrainian corruption