Impeachment inquiry enters new phase. Will the White House take part?
WASHINGTON - President Trump this week faces a dilemma central to the impeachment inquiry against him.
He could opt to have his legal team take part in the next phase, a move that some of the president's backers warn would grant the impeachment proceedings greater legitimacy. Or the White House could continue to reject any involvement, potentially allowing key elements of a Democratic-crafted narrative of official misconduct by the president to go largely unchallenged.
Whichever course the president chooses will carry risks for both sides in historic proceedings that have so far broken down almost exclusively along partisan lines.
Congressional investigators have been examining whether Trump abused his power
