I fully expect this to progress with the Senate voting to convict in a delusional gambit to prevent Trump from exerting control over the Republican party and preventing a 2024 run. This will damage the party in very costly ways, the establishment doesn't really understand how much of a pied piper Trump has become for the common rabble. They've switched from being Republican voters to Trump voters -- there is a real chance that Trump could spin off a new political party as well. This can go sideways quick... the best option was censure. I don't really see much upsides for actually doing this nonsense.