White House dusts off Mueller playbook as impeachment pressure mounts

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER
WASHINGTON — The White House is dusting off its playbook from the special counsel’s Russia investigation.
Caught off guard by the speed at which a whistleblower’s claims have morphed into an impeachment inquiry, President Donald Trump and his team are scrambling to respond.
They’re turning, at least for now, to some of the same strategies they used to counter special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
The basic tactics deploye