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    Covering impeachment: Senate rules test press duty to inform

    Jan 23, 2020 4 minutes

    The Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump started off with a straitjacket of rules, particularly on communications. No cellphones, no talking allowed for senators in the chamber. For reporters, no “walk and talk” interviews with senators in the hallways. Instead, the media were to be confined to roped-off pens at the Senate exits.

    But like water flowing downhill, it’s hard to stop lawmakers and media from finding each other, or senators from getting their message out.

    “Any political figure that has something to say will find a way to say it. If they want the press to find them, they will be found,” says Mo Elleithee, former communications director for the Democratic National Committee, and now at Georgetown

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