Chief Justice John Roberts refused today to read a question submitted from Rand Paul to both the House managers and the President’s defense team:
RAND PAUL: I have a question to present to the desk for the House manager Schiff and for the president’s counsel.
JOHN ROBERTS: The presiding officer declines to read the question as submitted.
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— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) January 30, 2020
We all know why Roberts didn’t read the question, because it must’ve contained the whistleblower’s name. This apparently happened yesterday, as we reported.
Roberts reportedly told members yesterday that he would not allow the name of the whistleblower to be read in the Senate, and clearly Rand Paul wanted to challenge him on that.
Sean Davis believes this is an abuse of power by Roberts…
Chief Justice John Roberts again refused to read Republican Sen. Rand Paul's question to the Senate. Roberts then immediately read verbatim a question from a Democrat senator.
Incredible cowardice, arrogance, and abuse of power by an unelected judge to hijack the U.S. Senate.
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 30, 2020