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Reporter’s Notebook: What the cameras weren’t watching

Visuals were limited during President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, but CQ Roll Call had eyes on everything the public couldn’t see.


With a little inspiration from the SCOTUS Blog’s “A View from the Courtroom,” reporters Todd Ruger, Katherine Tully-McManus and Patrick Kelley became the eyes and ears of the trial. Roll Call published a view from the chamber every day trial was in session.

Watch as this eagle-eyed team explains their impeachment experience in CQ Roll Call’s latest Reporter’s Notebook.

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