(CNN) Nearly a month after waiting for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to transmit the articles of impeachment, the White House and President Donald Trump's legal team are readying for the next phase of the impeachment process. And we remain prepared," a White House official said, noting that the White House has done all it can to prepare for the Senate trial while waiting for the House to name its impeachment managers. The White House is still deciding exactly who will make up the legal team defending the President during the trial. The expected House vote this week to name its impeachment managers and transmit the articles to the Senate will kick off a process that will see the White House issue its first official legal response to the President's impeachment, likely by the end of the week. That document is already largely completed and will likely be submitted within two days of the House vote to transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate.

Source: CNN January 13, 2020 00:22 UTC