Independent Commission or Trial by Ordeal

RUSSIAN AGGRESSION: Republicans are stupid to resist an independent investigation of Russian interference in our election.

Would they rather have a bipartisan group of knowledgeable "senior statesmen" in intelligence, foreign policy, homeland security, etc. conduct an official investigation OR THAT TRUMP BE TRIED BY the Washington Post, Newsweek, the New Yorker, the New York Times, etc.?

Stonewalling an investigation (or attempting to use their majorities to control the process and outcome) will bring leakers out of the woodwork in an environment where - despite the better angels of their journalistic ethics - there are strong financial pressures to increase circulation and clicks and advertising revenue.

The best Republican strategy is to back an independent investigation into RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE in our election and let the chips fall where they may with the Trump administration OTHERWISE the media's focus will be ON TRUMP, NOT RUSSIA.