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Chief Justice Roberts won’t preside over Trump Senate trial

By Susan Ferrechio
Published January 25, 2021 6:12pm ET
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Chief Justice Roberts won’t preside over Trump Senate trial
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., questions witnesses as the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the Trump administration's policies on immigration enforcement and family reunification efforts, on Capitol Hill. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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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