It's the latter and I (along with other people) pointed it out at the time. It was part of a media pressure campaign. That shot of Sam with a guest pass? The Bo

It's the latter and I (along with other people) pointed it out at the time. It was part of a media pressure campaign. That shot of Sam with a guest pass? The Board wasn't even in the building that day, he was presumably there at Mira's invitation which is probably why the Board replaced her with Emmett Shear.