Article snippet: WASHINGTON — House Democrats pushed ahead Friday with a rapidly unfurling impeachment inquiry into President Trump, planning subpoenas and plotting out a witness list for a proceeding that could yield its first hearing as early as next week. “Everything is real time,” said Representative Mike Quigley, D-Ill., a member of the Intelligence Committee. “You don’t sit back and contemplate the future when you are in the middle of it.” With Congress now in a two-week recess and lawmakers headed back home to their districts, Democrats were working on two tracks, meticulously outlining a rapid-fire set of investigative steps while they honed their messaging for what promises to be a divisive and politically charged process. House Democratic leaders instructed their rank-and-file Friday to keep it simple when talking to voters, emphasizing that Trump had “engaged in serious wrongdoing” and had “abused the office of the president.” Investigators for Representative Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, were assembling a plan of inquiry and sequence of witnesses the committee should call or subpoena for testimony. Representative David Cicilline, D-R.I., head of the party’s messaging arm, circulated talking points for his colleagues, aimed especially at helping moderates — many of whom were against an impeachment inquiry only a week ago but have now voiced their support — explain this past week’s dizzying turn of events to their constituents. Headlined “N... Link to the full article to read more