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On Wednesday evening, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) appeared to break the rules of the Senate impeachment trial by stepping out of the chamber to give an interview to Fox News' Tucker Carlson:
Commenters on social media demanded to know why this was being allowed to take place, and why Chief Justice John Roberts wasn't intervening to discipline Hawley — who once served as one of Roberts' law clerks — or the rest of the Republican caucus, many of whom have slipped in and out of attendance: