C-SPAN Calls on Senate Leader to Allow Cameras to Cover Impeachment Proceedings

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks to reporters in Washington on Feb. 2, 2021. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

Nonprofit public TV service C-SPAN called on Senate leaders on Tuesday to grant the network the right to cover the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump.

“We respectfully request that when the Senate begins the impeachment trial of President Trump on February 9th, you allow C-SPAN to position our camera in the Senate Chamber to cover these proceedings,” Susan Swain, President, and CEO of C-SPAN wrote on behalf of the network to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.