WASHINGTON - Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy "is expected to preside" over the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, a Senate source told Fox News on Monday, signaling that Chief Justice John Roberts will not be forced to oversee the politically charged arguments now that Trump is out of office.The source said Leahy, the president pro tempore of the Senate, would preside instead of the chief justice because senators usually fill that role when the impeached individual is not the current president of the United States.
A separate government source confirmed that Roberts will not participate in the impeachment trial. Leahy, D-Vt., confirmed that he will preside over the trial in a statement Monday. "The president pro.