Article snippet: The House impeachment inquiry is set to move into a new, more public phase in the coming weeks that will test the viability of MORE’s defense strategy. Trump is in uncharted waters, as he may become the first president to seek reelection after being impeached. “We are prepared for an impeachment to happen,” White House press secretary MORE said Friday on Fox News, underscoring the air of inevitability surrounding the proceedings. The president for weeks has insisted there was nothing wrong with his July 25 call with Ukraine’s president and urged hesitant Republicans to defend him on the substance of the charges against him. Trump has signaled he is ready to dig in, even floating in an interview that he might read the transcript of his Ukraine call in a “fireside chat.” The White House is unlikely to shift from its stance of not cooperating with the inquiry, despite the new rights it will have to question witnesses as part of the procedures for the probe approved in a Thursday vote in the House. Trump’s attorney, MORE, branded the House resolution as “retroactive due process” and insufficient shortly after it passed. One former White House official recommended that the White House unify around a strategy that paints Democrats as engaged in a partisan effort to take Trump down ever since he took office — a strategy that Senate Republicans appear to be comfortable with. But Trump’s spontaneous outbursts — he courted controversy late last month when he compared the ... Link to the full article to read more