3) Many people believe POTUS is losing the war.
With the mockingbird media blaring non-stop propaganda about the Mueller investigation and how close Trump is to being indicted it's easy to think nothing positive is happening.
We forget that half the war is a battle over optics
4) The deep state knows Trump is an existential threat to their corrupt political establishment. The Mueller investigation is a key part of their strategy to regain control.
5) The Mueller investigation legitimizes an anti-Trump narrative, fuels division, stalls for time, blocks Trump's ability to maneuver and creates other roadblocks to success.
6) How would it be perceived by the public if politicians who opposed Trump were arrested while the Mueller investigation was underway?
It would be perceived as retaliation by POTUS.
Optics are important which is why [they] haven't been arrested yet.
