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Dem Senator, Not Roberts, To Preside Over Trump’s Impeachment Trial

Hank Berrien
Dem Senator, Not Roberts, To Preside Over Trump’s Impeachment Trial
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Unlike the first Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, over which Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts presided, the second Senate impeachment trial, which is scheduled to commence on February 8, will not see Roberts presiding — Vermont Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy, who is the Senate President Pro Tempore, will preside.

On Monday, Leahy, who voted to impeach Trump in the first impeachment trial, said he would administer “impartial justice,” according to The Hill.

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