> More to the point, virtually every senior member of Presidential administrations do this almost blatantly, big-D or big-R, doesn't matter.

This is the sort of cynical thing people say because other people say it. Spiro Agnew did it, sure. That was a while ago. What are your other examples? Since virtually every member does this, you should have hundreds. And remember you need a roughly balanced count of Republicans and Democrats. Obama was in office for 8 years. That should be quite a pile.

Pure cynicism is an argument against rules and accountability generally.