Because Robert Mueller was a “special prosecutor” and not an “independent counsel” like Ken Starr in the Clinton “scandal,” he had to work under the limitations of a Department of “Justice” controlled by the person he was investigating. He could be fired or, as actually happened, he could be directed to wrap up the investigation whether or not it was completed. (Trump — an object of the investigation — fired Jeff Sessions, then hired William Barr, who promptly put an end to the investigation although many cases were still being developed.)
What Trump hates most about a congressional investigation is that he has ZERO control over it. In his raging tantrums, he has said he hoped the Supreme Court would intervene (they cannot intervene in an impeachment inquiry and, in any case, are also a separate branch outside of Trump’s control) and threated to SUE congress if they try to impeach (good luck with that).
As long as Trump had his own congressional puppets running the House, he was safe. But he no longer does. And now the ability to investigate, to call witnesses, gather evidence and make information PUBLIC so people know what is going on, is no longer in his hands.
If Nixon’s 49-state reelection landslide in 1972, in which he carried 61% of the vote, had brought coattails long enough to also win him the House of Representatives, there would never have been Watergate hearings in 1973-74 and Nixon would have completed his second term.
Because Robert Mueller was a “special prosecutor” and not an “independent counsel” like Ken Starr in the Clinton “scandal,” he had to work under the limitations of a Department of “Justice” controlled by the person he was investigating. He could be fired or, as actually happened, he could be directed to wrap up the investigation whether or not it was completed. (Trump — an object of the investigation — fired Jeff Sessions, then hired William Barr, who promptly put an end to the investigation although many cases were still being developed.)
What Trump hates most about a congressional investigation is that he has ZERO control over it. In his raging tantrums, he has said he hoped the Supreme Court would intervene (they cannot intervene in an impeachment inquiry and, in any case, are also a separate branch outside of Trump’s control) and threated to SUE congress if they try to impeach (good luck with that).
As long as Trump had his own congressional puppets running the House, he was safe. But he no longer does. And now the ability to investigate, to call witnesses, gather evidence and make information PUBLIC so people know what is going on, is no longer in his hands.
If Nixon’s 49-state reelection landslide in 1972, in which he carried 61% of the vote, had brought coattails long enough to also win him the House of Representatives, there would never have been Watergate hearings in 1973-74 and Nixon would have completed his second term.