Trump impeachment: chief justice again blocks Republican bid to name whistleblower – live
- John Roberts refuses to read Rand Paul’s submitted question
- Roberts insists he will not say alleged whistleblower’s name
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The trial has adjourned for a 45-minute dinner break.
.@RepJeffries “This is the Senate. This is America’s most exclusive political club. This is the world’s greatest deliberative body and all you offer us is conspiracy theories because you can’t address the facts in this case, that the President corruptly abused his power…” pic.twitter.com/D7WuAbizcE
Responding to a question from Republican senators on whether the Steele dossier would be considered foreign interference in US elections, House manager Hakeem Jeffries said that Trump’s defense team had raised “conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory”.