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Chief Justice Roberts won’t preside over Trump Senate trial

By Susan Ferrechio
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Chief Justice Roberts won’t preside over Trump Senate trial

Chief Justice John Roberts won’t preside over former President Donald Trump’s Senate trial, Senate sources confirmed Monday.

Instead, Democrat Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the Senate’s president pro tempore, will oversee the proceedings against Trump, who left office on Jan. 20.

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