"Questionable past????" If he wasn't a congressman he'd be in jail.
Anyone else; ANYONE else, would be in prison.
Exactly. There's nothing "questionable" about it. He's a diehard communist who has been cozying up to Americas enemies for decades. Castro, Workers World Party, etc, etc.
And the silly Rules of the despotic government requires such false decorum and comradeship it is after all with our governemnt an US or Them proposition.
After reading this for some strange reason the old adage “There is no honor amongst thieves” cam to mind.