Chief Justice John Roberts has twice declined to ask a question from Sen. Rand Paul. There's no indication precisely why, but Paul was trying to ask a question about an unproven conspiracy theory related to the whistleblower.
Chief Justice John Roberts, who is presiding over President Trump's Senate impeachment trial, declined Thursday to read a question submitted by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.Chief Justice John Roberts, who is presiding over President Trump's Senate impeachment trial, declined Thursday to read a question submitted by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.Like it or not, Chief Justice John Roberts finds himself drawn into impeachment controversies perhaps more than he anticipated.
An agitated Sen. Paul abandoned his post as a juror, leaving the Senate floor to hold a press conference, where he complained about the Roberts ruling, and named the individual once again. Under the whistleblower law, it is illegal for inspectors general or their staffs, who are charged with investigating these complaints, to reveal a whistleblower's identity. In addition, therePaul said he thought Roberts had made"an incorrect finding."
Indeed, on the first day of the trial, past 1 a.m., as the House managers and the President's counsel were spitting nastiness, Roberts stepped in"to admonish both the House managers and president's counsel in equal terms to remember that they are addressing the world's greatest deliberative body.
Neither did a response to a question Friday from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer who asked if the chief justice would vote to break a 50-50 tie on a resolution. There was a bit more drama on Thursday, prompted by a question from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. While the chief justice likely viewed the question as an attempt at intimidation, he read it with a poker face:
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