News reports of Trump still campaigning are missing the point. He is rallying his populists to show the GOP they had better toe the line or get "primaried." He's maintaining his loyal Dunning-Kruger Effect voters and he needs to verify that with his congress. When the threat of removal from office comes, he can rally those populists to keep enough legislators in line.
He also has appointed a commission to study illegal voting. That's a ruse for finding ways to suppress voting even further. He is quite aware he lost the popular vote, but still refers to winning it to dupe those unaware. If he can convince voters to stay in line, he can convince legislators to stay in line. There are many things in play here. Voters like to be winners. He keeps convincing his supporters how much of a winner he is. His bellicose remarks nobody believes except the 96% still supporting him. He is the "best, biggest, most wonderful, richest, bigliest, etc" in his and his supporters' eyes. As long as he keeps each group convinced, he will not be impeached. He needs only 218 from the house to keep from being impeached and only 34 from the senate to keep from being convicted. Those are pretty good odds against Trump being impeached let alone convicted.
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