The one question the Chief Justice refused to ask

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🗓️ 30 January 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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The historic impeachment saga might be over by the end of the week. Republicans are confident they have the votes to block witnesses, paving the way for an acquittal of President Trump. CNN senior writer Zach Wolf examines the latest developments - including Chief Justice John Robert's rejection of a question aimed at exposing the alleged whistleblower - with CNN national security reporter Jeremy Herb and CNN political commentator Amanda Carpenter. Herb explains that GOP Senator Lamar Alexander is the one remaining wildcard and Carpenter predicts that impeachment will lead to a "gutter ball" 2020 election. "The dirty tricks are coming," she warns.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.9	Hello and welcome to the Daily DC Impeachment Watch. I'm Zach Wolfe, a senior writer here at CNN, and the publisher of the impeachment watch newsletter. You can sign up at CNN.com slash impeachment. That's also where you can find the latest news and analysis relating to this pivotal time in American history. The impeachment trial of Donald Trump is almost over.
0:56.4	We're at the second day of the impeachment trial question and answer period,
1:00.6	and it began with some drama and a little bit of clarity.
1:03.7	The drama came when Chief Justice John Roberts refused to answer a question by Senator Rand Paul.
1:10.3	He didn't want to read it out loud. The question presumably would have sought to ID in the public record, the suspected intelligence community whistleblower's name. The clarity on the day came when it became more clear that Republicans would unite behind their president to spare him the damaging testimony of his former national security advisor, John Bolton.
1:32.6	If it was not clear before, it is more and more clear now.
1:36.4	This is Donald Trump's GOP and the senators are not about to vote against their political interests or their president.
1:43.1	I've got two guests to break this down with me today.
1:45.4	I'll talk to the Republican strategist and CNN political commentator Amanda Carpenter in a few minutes.
1:51.0	But first, let's go to Jeremy Herb.
1:53.1	He's roaming the halls up on Capitol Hill.
1:56.0	Jeremy, are you there?
1:57.6	Yeah, thanks for having me.
1:59.9	Start us off.
2:00.5	Tell us about what happened with John Roberts and Rand Paul. That was kind of an interesting moment, but, you know, maybe not something we're going to remember later on.
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