Nearly all these Pols. are lawyers by training. They knew the answer all the time!!!! They also knew that if the CIC is a RAT, then we'd NEVER hear a peep about the Constitutionaliy of his actions or his sworn duty to protect the USA. Just a bunch slimey, writhing, POLITICANS!!! What disgusting pigs. (The NYT etal knew it all the time too.)
I knew this was the case as soon as the Dems trotted out all the law school deans to say the opposite. Those were the same law school deans that got b#!@hslapped by the SCOTUS over the military recruiting case.