Senate Blocks Photographers from Shooting Delivery of Impeachment Articles

The rules come after a months-long “standoff” between the authorities on Capitol Hill and The Standing Committee of Correspondents, which represents journalists credentialed to cover the House and Senate. According to a letter published by the Standing Committee of Correspondents, the sergeant-at-arms and Capitol Police rejected all of their suggestions without any explanation of how the new restrictions contribute to safety “rather than simply limit coverage of the trial.”