Sen. Paul Uses Senate Floor Speech to Pose Question Blocked by Chief Justice Roberts

Sen. Paul Uses Senate Floor Speech to Pose Question Blocked by Chief Justice Roberts
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) leaves a brief news conference during the Senate impeachment trial on January 30, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Jeff Carlson
0:00
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Feb. 4 posed a question in the Senate that Chief Justice John Roberts refused to read out loud last week in the chamber during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.

In his question, Paul named a former National Security Council official widely alleged to have been the whistleblower regarding a phone call between Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, which ultimately led to the president’s impeachment in the House.