Recent bombshell news involving special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Rod RosensteinDOJ kept investigators from completing probe of Trump ties to Russia: report Five takeaways from final Senate Intel Russia report FBI officials hid copies of Russia probe documents fearing Trump interference: book MORE and the National Enquire create dire and potentially catastrophic prospects for Republicans in the midterm elections.

Nixonian coverups of Russian crimes against America by some Republicans in Congress, and Nixonian attacks by some Republicans in Congress against American law enforcement — including investigations defending America against said Russian crimes — would be political suicide for the GOP. It might mobilize the Trump base, but it would hyper-mobilize the far larger number of Americans who are appalled by the ever-increasing number of swampland scandals.

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If Donald Trump or House Republicans precipitate an epic showdown with Mueller, the widely respected Mueller will win in a landslide over the highly unpopular Trump in the high court of public opinion. What’s more, the legally impeccable Mueller will win a legal triumph over what is left of the Trump defense team in the high court of justice.

The first bombshell story, from The New York Times, considers a long list of questions that special counsel Mueller reportedly wants to ask President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE about obstruction of justice and potential collusion of Trump associates with Russians for the purpose of electing Trump in 2016. The Mueller questions suggest intense focus on what I call the collusion meeting at Trump Tower, at which highest-level Trump associates accepted an invitation from Russian agents for the purpose — explicitly stated in the request for the meeting — of giving the Trump campaign political dirt against Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Senate GOP sees early Supreme Court vote as political booster shot Poll: 51 percent of voters want to abolish the electoral college MORE, obtained by Russia through illegal means.

A second Mueller bombshell, reported Wednesday in The Washington Post, suggested that in a tense meeting in March, Mueller warned lawyers for Trump that if the president refused to be interviewed voluntarily, the special counsel could seek a subpoena to force him to testify before the grand jury — something most legal experts believe Mueller would be granted.

Another bombshell story, this time from the National Enquirer, purported to reveal “payoffs and threats” from “Trump’s top fixer,” Michael Cohen. Since the National Enquirer would almost certainly not run this story without prior approval from Trump or his associates, it stands to reason Trump has begun an attack against Cohen. This would probably push Cohen to make a deal with the feds, if such a deal has not already been made, which would be a code-red nuclear event for the Russia investigations and for the midterm elections.

In a surprise move, a faction of conservative House Republicans is preparing an attempt to impeach Rosenstein — an act that, if set into motion, would set off a national political firestorm as grave as the firestorm that would explode if Trump were to fire Mueller, Rosenstein and/or his attorney general, Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsGOP set to release controversial Biden report Trump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status MORE.

Rosenstein’s response, in yet another bombshell, is that he will not permit the Justice Department to be “extorted” by partisan Trump supporters who employ threats to undermine the rule of law.

Today, Cohen and former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort Paul John ManafortOur Constitution is under attack by Attorney General William Barr Bannon trial date set in alleged border wall scam Conspicuous by their absence from the Republican Convention MORE face excruciating pressure to cut a deal with the feds. This creates extreme political danger for House Republican members and leaders who pursue or tolerate repeated attacks against Mueller, Rosenstein, the Justice Department, the FBI and others who are investigating the Russian attack against America.

The National Enquirer story has ominous implications for Republicans. Cohen has good reason to be worried; the aggressive raid against Cohen by the feds indicates there is a strong probability devastating evidence will be obtained from it. The warrant authorizing such a raid would not have been granted without strong evidence of a crime. The revelation that Cohen had previously been under investigation for months suggests other warrants were granted for surveillance, including phone calls and emails.

All the while, huge numbers of voters are becoming more and more angry at the steady stream of swampland scandals involving various Trump administration officials — bombshell after bombshell will fall as the midterms get closer and closer.

Neither Republicans nor Trump were helped by the shameful report from House Intelligence Committee Republicans; it was widely seen by intelligence and law enforcement professionals as an incompetent farce, and by many voters as aiding and abetting an obstruction of justice by partisans who appear to dread a nonpartisan investigation.

Democrats have won stunning and unexpected victories in 2017 and 2018 because voter turnout has surged beyond all expectations from those appalled by the scandals and outrages that are reported almost daily. And more bombshells of indictments, plea deals and subpoenas are sure to follow.

Brent Budowsky was an aide to former U.S. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (D-Texas) and former Rep. Bill Alexander (D-Ark.), who was chief deputy majority whip of the U.S. House of Representatives. He holds an LLM in international financial law from the London School of Economics.