Senator Rand Paul outed the alleged Trump whistleblower on the floor of the Senate

• On Tuesday, Senator Rand Paul read a question on the floor of the Senate that outed the alleged Ukraine whistleblower. 
• The move flies in the face of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who previously blocked Paul's question.
• Though a bloc of GOP members has repeatedly tried to out the whistleblower, there is bipartisan consensus that the whistleblower's identity should be protected. 
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On Tuesday, Senator Rand Paul read a question on the floor of the Senate that outed the alleged Ukraine whistleblower. He accompanied the question with a large placard printed with the whistleblower's name. 

The move, first reported by POLITICO's Kyle Cheney on Twitter, flies in the face of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who previously blocked Paul's question.

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