What it reached was the level they call "legal challenges" in court, whereas they knew they weren't going to win. This whole process should have been out in the open to begin with so every American could have seen for themselves what was going on and not being spoon fed cherry picked leaks worded to misguide the intent of the testimony given on many occasions.

You should also understand one important issue here. That is they are fighting up against a corrupt intelligence community, meaning you have to be one step ahead of the game, this may end up back firing in their faces. What they think they may hear might end up coming back and biting them.