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Roberts Declines to Read Rand Paul's Question Naming Alleged Whistleblower
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January 30, 2020
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1:21Now PlayingSenators will question lawyers for both sides in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial for a second day Thursday, a day before a pivotal vote is planned on whether to call witnesses.
Chief Justice John Roberts declined to read a question submitted by GOP Senator Rand Paul, who had planned to make his second attempt Thursday to name the whistle-blower at the center of the impeachment case.
When Paul’s written question was handed to Roberts, the chief justice read it silently and then said, “The presiding officer declines to read the question as submitted.”
Roberts then moved on to a question by another senator. Nobody raised any audible objection.
According to a GOP aide, Roberts also had declined to read the name of the whistle-blower in a question Paul sent to the desk to be asked yesterday, though there was no public indication in that instance.
Minutes earlier, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said during the opening of the day’s proceedings, “We’ve been respectful of the chief justice’s unique position in reading our questions and I want to be able to continue to assure him that that level of consideration for him will continue.”
Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the president’s staunchest defenders, who has advocated for Hunter Biden to be called as a witness, said the Senate impeachment trial would not be the right “environment” for Paul to ask his question naming the whistle-blower.
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