In her statement issued Friday announcing her ‘no’ vote against new witnesses and evidence in the impeachment trial of President Trump, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) cited a question submitted by presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Thursday that attacked the credibility of Chief Justice John Roberts and the Supreme Court as one of her reasons for wanting the trial to end. Murkowski criticized the question, not Warren by name, but the message was sent loud and clear.

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Warren’s question to the Democrat House Managers which was read aloud to the Senate by Roberts, who kept his composure but betrayed a hint of emotion, “At a time when large majorities of Americans have lost faith in government, does the fact that the Chief Justice is presiding over an impeachment trial in which Republican senators have thus far refused to allow witnesses or evidence contribute to the loss of legitimacy of the Chief Justice, the Supreme Court and the Constitution?”

I asked @RepAdamSchiff: At time when many have lost faith in govt, does the fact that the Chief Justice is presiding over an impeachment trial in which GOP senators refuse witnesses or evidence contribute to the loss of legitimacy of the Chief Justice, SCOTUS, & Constitution? pic.twitter.com/H4Txt68EdX — Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) January 30, 2020

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Screen image of Roberts after he read Warren’s question and stared in her direction.

This is how Chief Justice looked at Warren for a solid 5+ seconds after reading the question https://t.co/vG08pjmhZH pic.twitter.com/62XXEhuHI1 — Heather Monahan (@HeatherMonahan_) January 30, 2020

Murkowski’s statement: