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This is going to be worse than Watergate

Why Robert Mueller should be interested in when Trump decided to run for president. Mueller’s interest in obstruction is probably just the tip of the iceberg. David Kocieniewski and Lauren Etter on what Michael Flynn could tell the Russia investigators. Trump’s loyalists are following in Reagan’s footsteps: What Republicans really learned from Nixon’s Watergate scandal. Yes, this is going to be worse than Watergate: In 1973, there were still some independent-minded lawmakers in the Grand Old Party — today, not so much. Republicans to Trump: Don’t fire Mueller or we’ll do nothing. Aaron Blake on how Trump has emasculated the Republican Party. Brian Beutler on the ultimate test of Trump’s impunity.