The challenge works both ways: Congressman, what are you going to do about it? Send her to jail? Because if you don’t, the whole thing is a rather stupid dance we’ve seen a thousand times before. Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way.
Kabuki Theater of a rearranging of the chairs on the deck... Mind you, the chairs will never actually BE re-arranged, but the stage play attempts to simulate something happening. Meanwhile, the entire ship slides a little further down in the water and DECENT people don’t even speak of that.