Alternate universes

One of the NYT conservative columnists proposed and interesting thought experiment that seemed like an original thought to him, but unfortunately is an ever present nightmare for democrats.  Suppose, says Bret Stephens that in an alternate universe Hillary Clinton was elected president and a scrupulously honest Democratic prosecutor was named special counsel to investigate Clinton campaign ties to Russia.  Imagine then Hillary pursues a strategy of maligning the special counsel, firing DOJ employees who may have damaging testimony against her and encouraging her allies in Congress to denigrate the FBI and suggest it was corrupt.  What are the odds congressional republicans would echo this criticism and call for a "cleansing" of a bureau run mostly by liberal democrats.  I'll stop there, as most people will know where this is going.   The Bizzaro world has nothing on present reality.