Susan Collins sent note to dais before John Roberts admonished legal teams, source says

[riversedge]

Well, then the Dems should send a note up to Roberts each time a Trump lawyer tells a lie. fair is fair IMHO





Susan Collins sent note to dais before John Roberts admonished legal teams, source says

By Jamie Gangel, Ted Barrett and Dan Berman, CNN

Updated 8:21 PM ET, Wed January 22, 2020


Washington (CNN)Sen. Susan Collins sent a written note early Wednesday morning during President Donald Trump's impeachment trial minutes before Chief Justice John Roberts admonished both legal teams, a source with knowledge of the event tells CNN.

It is unclear if the note from Collins, a Maine Republican, led directly to Roberts' comments, or had specific language for him, but the note came shortly before the chief justice spoke. The note was sent as House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, a Democrat from New York, spoke and appeared to accuse senators of a "cover-up."

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough was seen on TV cameras speaking to Roberts at 12:48 a.m. ET. It is not clear what the conversation between the two was about, but Roberts addressed the Senate at 12:55 a.m.

There were also heated language from one of the President's attorneys, Pat Cipollone, in the preceding 30 minutes, and Roberts specifically addressed both legal teams in his remarks.

"I think it is appropriate at this point for me to admonish both the House managers and the President's counsel, in equal terms, to remember that they are addressing the world's greatest deliberative body," Roberts said, appearing to refer to notes on the dais.

The Supreme Court's public information officer did not comment.



Collins was reluctant to acknowledge any contribution to the remark

able rebuke of the parties arguing the impeachment trial. When she came off the floor about 2 a.m. ET Wednesday, a reporter told her that she was seen handing a note up to the dais, to the parliamentarian, she replied coyly: "Who me? I did that?" ..............................

[samnsara]

1. I think this was the equivalent to 'Objection Your Honor'

[dem4decades]

2. World's Greatest Deliberative Body

[madaboutharry]

3. Susan Collins has a "teacher's pet" personality.

She is an immature woman who behaves like a third grade girl playing the role of "teacher's pet." I wish the people of Maine would catch on to her fake saccharine persona.

[rurallib]

6. that is right on the money

[bluedye33139]

4. Collins was hoping for this all to go by quietly

she's just going to talk about how she has concerns and then do whatever Donald Trump, Hitler, and Satan tell her to do.

[Tech]

5. Susan Collins being "coy" brought up a visual of Bette Davis in Whatever Happened to

Betty Jane.

I wrote her off during the Kavanaugh hearing. I guess she now feels she has a special relationship with the Supreme Court.

[The Genealogist]

7. I imagine this to be written on special stationary

The design of which includes words like "concerned," "alarmed" and "disappoonted" printed on it, scattered all over it in pastels, and in different typefaces. I hope voters give her a one-way ticket back to Maine in November, where she can sit at home and tell the recliner how concerned she is about the loveseat.

[janicer.marron]

8. She is fake saccharine persona.

She is fake saccharine persona. I guess she now feels she has a special relationship with the Supreme Court.
I hope too voters give her a one-way ticket back to Maine in November, where she can sit at home and tell the recliner how concerned she is about the loveseat.