Trump impeachment: 'You cannot be acquitted if you don't have a trial,' says Pelosi – live
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Trump senate impeachment trial continues – watch live
Joan E Greve in Washington (now) and Paul Owen (earlier)
Fri 31 Jan 2020 05.12 AEDT First published on Thu 30 Jan 2020 21.55 AEDT
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1h ago Schiff criticizes Trump's team for pushing 'the most incredible arguments born of desperation' 2h ago Pelosi: 'You cannot be acquitted if you don’t have a trial' 3h ago Trump calls Schiff 'mentally deranged' 3h ago McConnell expresses confidence about witness vote 4h ago Dershowitz backtracks on 'public interest' argument 5h ago US economy misses Trump growth target 8h ago Impeachment continues with day two of Q&A phase
9m ago 18:17 Roberts declines to reads Paul's question
Rand Paul has submitted his question, which appears to have included the name of the alleged whistleblower, as the Republican senator threatened to do.
But Supreme Court chief justice John Roberts, who previously said he would not say the name of the alleged whistleblower aloud, refused to read the question.
“The presiding officer declines to read the question as submitted,” said Roberts, who then turned to take the next question from Senate Democrats.