Imagine if a person were being investigated for possible crimes, and he had the power to pardon all of his associates who were being investigated with him.
Imagine if this same person being investigated could make public statements and write daily tweets about the investigation, about persons who are doing the investigation, and about his associates being investigated.
Imagine the person being investigated has a vast array of media organizations who are willing to coordinate with him to repeat his criticisms and argue for his criticisms on a daily basis.
Imagine if he could repeatedly and publicly float the idea of pardoning his associates.
Imagine if the person being investigated had the power to publicly berate and eventually fire the person who recused himself of leading the investigation process owing to a clear conflict of interest.
Imagine that the person being investigated fires this person and replaces him with a person who has been publicly critical of the investigation and who has vowed not to recuse himself even though he also has a glaring conflict of interest.
Imagine this new person overseeing the investigation process gets to be the first person to see a report of the investigation and is the one who is authorized to write the summary of its findings for the public to see.
Imagine the leader of the United States Senate, whose wife is serving in a cabinet level position appointed by the person being investigated, coordinating an effort to keep the public from seeing anything but a four page summary of the report of the investigation written by the person appointed by the person being investigated.
Imagine a world in which roughly 42% of the people in a society think all of this is a fair and appropriate process.
Imagine losing the integrity of a republic.
Welcome to America.
One World House - Mark Davies 
Yes indeed. If we lose this democracy, and much is already gone, there will be a whole chapter that historians will devote to this moment. Democrats have decided not to mention a report they have not read. The rest of us have decided to move on, based on a report none of us have read. No collusion means no provable crime for asking for help from Russia. They didn’t have to. They just cheered it, encouraged it, and made jokes about it. They did not, however, call the FBI.