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Photos of the week: Trump’s impeachment trial begins

The week ending Jan. 24 as captured by Roll Call’s photojournalists

There wasn’t supposed to be a photos of the week this week because of the scheduled Congressional Martin Luther King Day recess. But since these are not normal times, we bring you our favorite impeachment trial photos of the week plus a bonus photo of Mayor Pete.

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 21: A U.S. Capitol Police officer checks a reporter for electronic devices as he enters the Senate chamber to take his his seat in the press section on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. A magnetometer was set up in the Senate Press Gallery for the Senate impeachment trial. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
A U.S. Capitol Police officer checks a reporter for electronic devices as he passes through a magnetometer to enter the Senate chamber to take his his seat in the press section on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 21: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., arrives for the Senate impeachment trial on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., arrives in style for the trial on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 22: A television reporter gets ready before going on-camera in the Russell Rotunda on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
A TV reporter gets ready before going on camera in the Russell Rotunda on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 22: White House Counsel Pat Cipollone exits the Ceremonial Office of the Vice President in the Senate Reception Room before the start of the impeachment trial in the Senate on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
White House Counsel Pat Cipollone exits the Ceremonial Office of the Vice President in the Senate Reception Room before the trial starts on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 22: Chief Justice John Roberts arrives to the Capitol for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. enters the Capitol for the impeachment trial  on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 22: Personal attorney to President Donald Trump, Jay Sekulow, talks to the press during a break in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in the Senate Reception Room on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
Trump’s outside counsel Jay Sekulow talks to reporters in the Senate Reception Room during a break in the trial on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 23: Former South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg, a democratic presidential candidate, speaks at the U.S Conference of Mayors’ 88th Winter Meeting at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, January 23, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a Democratic presidential candidate, speaks at the U.S Conference of Mayors’ 88th Winter Meeting at the Capital Hilton in Washington on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 23: Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., speaks with reporters as he arrives for the Senate Republicans’ lunch in the Capitol before the start of Senate impeachment trial session on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., speaks with reporters under the watchful eye of Benjamin Franklin as he arrives for the Senate Republicans’ weekly lunch in the Capitol before the start of Senate trial on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 23: White House legislative affairs director Eric Ueland arrives in the Capitol before the start of Senate impeachment trial session on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
White House legislative affairs director Eric Ueland arrives in the Capitol before the start of Senate impeachment trial session on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 23: Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., flanked from left by Reps. Mike Johnson, R-La., Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., speaks to reporters in the Senate subway before the start of Senate impeachment trial session on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., flanked by, from left, Reps. Mike Johnson, R-La., Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., speaks to reporters in the Senate subway before the start of the trial on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 23: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., talks with reporters before the continuation of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Thursday, January 23, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., talks with reporters before the continuation of the impeachment trial on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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