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Photos of the Week: Sally Yates, Town Halls and the Post-Comey Chaos

The week of May 8 as seen by Roll Call's photographers

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Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates takes her seat for the hearing. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates takes her seat for the hearing. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., conducts a Senate Judiciary Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee hearing with Yates and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., conducts a Senate Judiciary Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee hearing with Yates and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, left, and Deb Fischer, R-Neb., talk before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Dirksen Building titled
Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, left, and Deb Fischer, R-Neb., talk before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday. ( Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., greets a protester before a town hall on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives for a news conference in the Capitol on the firing of FBI director James Comey on May 9, 2017. Schumer called for a special prosecutor to look into the relationship between the Trump campaign and Russia. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives for a news conference in the Capitol on the firing of FBI director James Comey on Tuesday. Schumer called for a special prosecutor to look into the relationship between the Trump campaign and Russia. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
A plastic sheet covers the statue of Ben Franklin in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
A plastic sheet covers the statue of Ben Franklin in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Judiciary chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is greeted by cameras as he leaves the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Judiciary chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is greeted by cameras as he leaves the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, prepares to leave a meeting with Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Ranking Member Mark Warner, D-Va., after a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in the Hart Building titled
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, prepares to leave a meeting with Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Ranking Member Mark Warner, D-Va., after a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in the Hart Building titled “World Wide Threats” on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe leaves the Hart Senate Office Building after testifying during the Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee hearing on “World Wide Threats” on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - MAY 11: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein leaves a meeting with Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Ranking Member Mark Warner, D-Va., after a Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee hearing in Hart Building titled
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein leaves a meeting with Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Ranking Member Mark Warner, D-Va., after a Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee hearing in Hart Building titled “World Wide Threats” on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

 

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