History shows Chief Justice Roberts could cast tie-breaking votes at President Trump's impeachment trial.
) — the contingent of defecting Republicans could put calling witnesses within reach.
In 1868, Chief Justice Salmon Chase cast two tie-breaking votes in President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial. Indeed, the current Senate rules for impeachment trials include a history section noting,"The chief justice has voted in the case of a tie."
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