Here's what happens next in Trump's impeachment

The impeachment saga is far from over.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced the next phase of impeachment on Thursday, saying she'd told House Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) to "proceed with articles of impeachment" against President Trump. But that doesn't mean everything just gets shipped off to the Senate.

As CNN's Manu Raju notes, Pelosi will keep talking with House members to find out whether they'll vote for or against impeachment. First the House Judiciary Committee will vote on advancing the articles, possibly as soon as next week, but after the House Intelligence Committee presents its findings for the judiciary. The whole House will then weigh in, and that could happen the week after. With most of the House supporting the impeachment inquiry in the first place, it's likely Pelosi will get a majority vote to send the articles beyond the House.

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The House's Democratic leaders still have yet to write up those articles, and what's in them will largely be up to Nadler, Pelosi, and House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). They'll consider whether to include Trump's alleged abuse of power and bribery, his obstruction of Congress by refusing to respond to subpoenas, or his obstruction of justice as alleged by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller, in the articles.

Next up, the articles head to the Senate Judiciary and potentially the whole Senate for a trial. The Senate seems well aware of this possibility, and has left its January calendar completely blank as impeachment looms.