When the Whitewater investigation started, Monica Lewinsky was an unknown college student and nobody had any clue<br />that an investigation into an Arkansas land deal would turn into an investigation about sex.<br />But he didn’t order Comey to shut down the investigation as a whole or do any of the<br />things (like following up on the request) that would constitute real obstruction.<br />Your closest colleague could be under investigation and you would not know.<br />But it’s likely that the Comey firing had little or nothing to do with the Flynn investigation.<br />The Clinton people thought the Whitewater investigation might last six months, but the inquiries lasted over seven years.