A video clip posted by C-SPAN of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) reading a question that Chief Justice John Roberts refused to ask at the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump that mentions the name of the alleged Ukraine whistleblower was taken down Thursday afternoon. Paul read the question at a press conference away from the Senate chamber. It is not clear whether C-SPAN or Twitter took down the video. There is no statement on the C-SPAN page as of this writing regarding the deletion. (UPDATE AT END: C-SPAN video reposted.)
Screen image from video by The First on TV which has not taken their video down (Video at end.)
C-SPAN has video of Roberts refusing to ask Paul’s question Thursday.
The video link to Paul reading the question aloud off the Senate floor is dead:
https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1222968560647069699/video/1
Several verified accounts posted a link to the video when it was live:
.@RandPaul claims his question had no reference to the whistleblower and then READS IT!https://t.co/wrbACcZTF1
— BlazeTV (@BlazeTV) January 30, 2020
Sen. @RandPaul reads the question that was declined by Chief Justice Roberts.
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) January 30, 2020
Senator Rand Paul reads the question that Chief Justice John Roberts refused to read.
Sen. Paul makes NO reference to the whistleblower.
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) January 30, 2020
Clicking the link to the C-SPAN video brings a failure to retrieve tweet message.
This account posted a reply to C-SPAN stating they would be reporting the video.
https://twitter.com/TrumpFrederick/status/1222968772115472386
A check on the tweet the account replied to brings a message from Twitter, “This Tweet is unavailable. Learn more”, which indicates C-SPAN may have taken down the video.
Other anti-Trump accounts also reported Paul.
https://twitter.com/singermarla3/status/1222983970377388033
https://twitter.com/singermarla3/status/1222985420901883905
The Hill posted video clips of Paul’s press conference on the censored question, but left out the naughty bits.
Sen. @RandPaul: "It's very important whether or not a group of Democratic activists part of the Obama, Biden administration were working together for years looking for an opportunity to impeach the president." https://t.co/e0kl6NUKFH pic.twitter.com/TAnetrmc40
— The Hill (@thehill) January 30, 2020
Sen. Rand Paul: "You shouldn't be able to use statutes to somehow make a whole part of the discussion over this impeachment go away." pic.twitter.com/4Ce0MvWROC
— The Hill (@thehill) January 30, 2020
A new site, The First on TV, posted uncensored video of Paul reading his question:
Chief Justice Roberts refused to read Sen. @RandPaul's question during the impeachment trial, so Rand Paul held a press conference and read it himself. pic.twitter.com/en1zOJRL0s
— The First (@TheFirstonTV) January 30, 2020
C-SPAN clip of snarky reporter:
Q: "With all due respect, shouldn't you be in impeachment hearing right now?"
Sen. Rand Paul: "Yeah. I will be there very shortly. Thanks for the question." pic.twitter.com/nsLGfdnOX8
— Jeremy Art (@cspanJeremy) January 30, 2020
UPDATE: C-SPAN has reposted the video:
Sen. @RandPaul: "My question made no reference to any whistleblower…"
He then reads the question.
"I think this is an important question. One that deserves to be asked." pic.twitter.com/D2iafDrv4X
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 30, 2020
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