So That Happened

Yes, Virginia, there was electoral interference on behalf of Trump.  If we compare the investigations into the 2016 election with, say, the Benghazi hearings, we get an interesting divergence. Every Benghazi committee found that while "mistakes were made" they were consistent with the "fog of war."  There was not criminal liability. Every time we get another investigation into 2016, we find that, yes, Russia did interfere with our election.

Both outcomes typically lead to Republicans asking for more investigations to try and get a result that they wanted.

Presumably, the point of investigating something is to discover the truth. That's typically not what the GOP wants from investigations.  They want a cudgel to use to beat their political opponents. When Democrats investigate things, they presume that this is what Democrats are doing, too.

For instance, we can be sure that there will need to be massive hearings into where the money is going during the Covid-19 crisis. Trump and his cohort have shown consistently that they believe that public money is there for them to loot or misuse. I can think of at least three Cabinet Secretaries who have misappropriated government funds (Perdue, Zinke and Carson), without having to Google it. When House Democrats unleash Kathy Porter on what is almost certain to be massive malfeasance in PPE distribution or aid checks, Republicans will assume that is entirely political. Partly it is, but more importantly, the House needs to make sure that the money they appropriated is being used properly.

They are, in fact, doing their job.

"Every allegation is a confession" in Trumpistan. Every "scandal" during the Obama Administration turned out to be a dud. Solyandra wasn't a thing. The Fast and Furious was just a cock-up. And of course...Benghazi. Trump is overseeing arguably the most corrupt administration in our nation's history. It is likely that there are things going on that we can only begin to guess at.  Some of it will be the product of incompetent leadership, some will be direct, venal corruption.

As we untangle the self-dealing - Trump's visits to his own properties are massive enough in their own right - we need to keep in mind that Republican criticisms are entirely in bad faith.