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The week ending Jan. 17 as captured by Roll Call’s photojournalists

An Architect of the Capitol worker sorts stanchions in Statuary Hall on Tuesday in advance of the House sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
An Architect of the Capitol worker sorts stanchions in Statuary Hall on Tuesday in advance of the House sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Bill Clark
Posted January 17, 2020 at 9:23am

It was an historic week in Congress. The House selected its trial managers before sending the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump over to the other side of the Capitol.

Over in the Senate Chief Justice John Roberts arrived to swear in the senators before the impeachment trial gets underway next week.

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 15: Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, listens as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference to announce impeachment managers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, listens as Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces impeachment managers on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 15: Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Irving and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives Cheryl Johnson walk through the Ohio Clock Corridor in advance of the tramission of the artciles of impeachment from the House to the Senate on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Sergeant at Arms of the House Paul Irving and Clerk of the House Cheryl Johnson walk through the Ohio Clock Corridor in advance of the transmission of the articles of impeachment from the House to the Senate on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 15: Stanchions frame a statue of Thomas Jefferson in the Capitol Rotunda in advance of the transmission of the articles of impeachment from the House to the Senate on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
Stanchions frame a statue of Thomas Jefferson in the Capitol Rotunda in advance of the transmission of the articles of impeachment from the House to the Senate on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 15: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., makes his way to the Senate floor before House impeachment managers Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Jason Crow, D-Colo., Val Demings, D-Fla., and Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, delivered articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Wednesday, January 15, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., makes his way to the Senate floor before House impeachment trial managers delivered the articles of impeachment to the Senate on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 15: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., signs the resolution to transmit the two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for trial on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
Pelosi signs the resolution to transmit the two articles of impeachment against Trump to the Senate for trial on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 15: Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Irving and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives Cheryl Johnson lead the House managers through Statuary Hall to deliver the of the artciles of impeachment from the House to the Senate on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Irving and Johnson lead House impeachment managers through Statuary Hall to deliver the articles of impeachment to the Senate on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 15: House Clerk Cheryl Johnson and House Sergeant at Arms Paul D. Irving, followed by impeachment managers Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Jason Crow, D-Colo., Val Demings, D-Fla., and Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, walk the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump from the House to the Senate floor on Wednesday, January 15, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Johnson and Irving, followed by impeachment managers Schiff, Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Jason Crow, D-Colo., Val Demings, D-Fla., and Sylvia R. Garcia, D-Texas, walk the articles of impeachment to the Senate floor on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 16: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., conducts her weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Thursday, January 16, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Pelosi conducts her weekly news conference in the Capitol on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 16: House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving leads House impeachment managers Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., and Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, through the Capitol Rotunda as they pass from the House to the Senate on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
Irving leads House impeachment managers through the Capitol Rotunda as they pass from the House to the Senate for the first day of the impeachment trial on Thursday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 16: Chief Justice John Roberts (L) is greeted by Senate Sergeant at Arms Michael Stenger as he arrives for the first day of the Senate impeachment trial on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Chief Justice John Roberts, left, is greeted by Senate Sergeant at Arms Michael Stenger as he arrives at the Capitol for the first day of the Senate impeachment trial on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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