Schumer: John Roberts turned down chance to preside over second Trump impeachment trial

Published January 26, 2021 3:07am ET



Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the ball was in Chief Justice John Roberts’s court when he was offered and declined the chance to preside over former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial.

The New York Democrat told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in an interview that aired Monday evening that Roberts is not constitutionally required to preside over the proceedings given the fact that Trump is no longer in office.

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