In contrast to the regular pace of a Justice investigation, the Mueller probe is moving along very quickly. Even Trump’s close friend, Newsmax chief executive Christopher Ruddy, has publicly recognized that. As Ruddy said on May 14, “This has moved at a lightning speed. They’re not messing around. They’re going very quickly.”

The tangible results that Mueller is producing also cannot be ignored.

The Watergate scandals, which prompted congressional investigations and a special prosecutor, played out over more than two years and only came to an end when President Richard Nixon resigned. The so-called Benghazi investigation conducted by House Republicans lasted more than two and a half years and produced no indictments of anyone besides the attackers. The Iran-Contra Special Prosecutor investigation took more than six years and produced 11 convictions (though two were overturned).