Photos of the Week: Trump acquitted and SOTU

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Photos of the Week: Trump acquitted and SOTU

The week ending Feb. 7 as captured by Roll Call’s photojournalists

Vice President Mike Pence claps as Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., rips up her copy of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address at the conclusion of his speech. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call)

By Bill Clark, Tom Williams and Caroline Brehman

Posted February 7, 2020 at 2:50pm

This week the historic impeachment of President Donald Trump came to an end a day after the rip-roaring State of the Union. Here’s the entire week in photos:

Photojournalists take photos of Ken Starr, a member of President Donald Trump’s defense team, as he leaves the Capitol after the conclusion of the Senate impeachment trial proceedings on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Voters talk before the start of the Iowa Democrats’ satellite caucus at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Hall in Washington on Monday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., wait for President Donald Trump to arrive in the House chamber before the start of the State of the Union address on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Rep. Ann Kuster, D-N.H., reacts during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in the House. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

From left, Reps. Greg Walden, R-Ore., Fred Upton, R-Mich., Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, high five during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

First lady Melania Trump awards Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom during President Trump’s State of the Union address. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., does an on-camera interview in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, departs from the Capitol after the Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves the floor after the Senate acquitted President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

U.S. Capitol Police officers block off a hallway as they investigate the report of a suspicious substance in the Rayburn office of Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on Thursday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

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