"Breaking the law is not a political difference."

[crickets]

3. Absolutely agreed.

But one of his most outspoken critics at the time, Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, later honored Ford with a Profile in Courage award, explaining that he’d been moved to rethink his views after witnessing the sprawling and protracted investigation into President Clinton by the independent counsel Ken Starr.

It's also important to differentiate between necessary investigation and a partisan witch hunt. trump's transgressions are so blatant and egregious, there are no grounds for mistaking any prosecution against him as being fueled by party concerns over those of national security as well as equal justice under law.