Rep. Nadler Leaves Senate Impeachment Trial to Be With Ailing Wife

House impeachment manager Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) answers a question from a senator during impeachment proceedings in the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 29, 2019. (Senate Television via Getty Images

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), one of the House impeachment managers, left the Senate impeachment trial against President Donald Trump to be with his cancer-stricken wife.

Nadler, 72, the House Judiciary Chairman, said in a statement on Friday morning that he wouldn’t be able to stay for the trial that was set to re-start at 1 p.m.