It's not hard to not get involved in senatorial scandals if you're actually focused on doing work.

[Or at least, that's Leia's take on it. She tended to avoid focusing on the more gossipy side of the Senate to focus on trying to do what she could to restrain the Empire and help the galaxy using legislation, like Bail had before her. Granted, it didn't help much, but she's speaking from experience here.]

He's a relative of mine, on my mother's side, you know.