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Since the Senate impeachment trial began last week, Chief Justice John Roberts has been mainly out of the camera's line of sight. He has, clerk-like, enforced Senate procedures and kept the clock for the lawyers at the lectern. He has tried to maintain the chamber's decorum, as when he admonished the legal teams against nastiness, citing a 1905 Senate trial precedent against use of the word "pettifogging."

As President Trump's counsel presented their final arguments before the Senate, Pat Cipollone showed a video of Democrats speaking at Bill Clinton's impeachment proceedings in 1998.

Senators finally get their chance to participate in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial after a week of waiting by asking questions Wednesday — a phase both sides are hoping can sway their undecided colleagues on the question of witnesses.

President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani called former national security adviser John Bolton a "backstabber" during an interview with "CBS This Morning."

Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, arrived Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill to listen to President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.

President Donald Trump blasted former national security adviser John Bolton in a series of tweets, despite praising Bolton only weeks prior. CNN's Chris Cillizza explains how it follows a similar pattern for Trump and officials he hired.

The brief video portion at the start of a cell phone recording made public Friday by the formerly pro-Trump schemer Lev Parnas shows a posh dining room at the Trump International Hotel — heavy drapes, massive molding, thick carpet. You might describe it as country club classic, a motif that seems to cling to Trump properties.

Trump's lawyer Jay Sekulow gets tripped up over 'shoes' phrase at the Senate impeachment trial. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.