I and virtually everyone else predicted this exact outcome. 

The inquiry will uncover nothing new.
It will be over budget.
It will generate calls for an extension or a new inquiry.
A few dozen hangers on will have been fed nicely from the trough.

JT and company also probably knew this but needed to pander for these votes.

In the meantime,  many millions of dollars that could have been spent on tangible solutions is gone and nothing has changed.

Disgusting!