It is hilarious- HILARIOUS- that y'all think he's playing 4D chess to "trap the democrats." There's no trap.
The DoJ has the files. The DOJ could just start indicting, arresting, putting people on trial, and when found guilty, sending them to jail.
There's no need to 'trick' the democrats into voting to release the files. This is the really real world. Not a movie. They can just use the evidence to see if there was a crime, then arrest people who committed the crime, and put them on trial.