I know people don't want to hear it but he said what he wanted to do when he accepted the office. He wanted to protect the institutions from the damage that was being done by rogue actors. I think everyone needs to realize he does NOT want destruction. He is desperately trying to keep everything together even though the left is doing everything possible to destroy it. If that means he has to let some dirty players off to keep the game going he will do it.

What he does here really depends on how he sees everything playing out. Will he be able to whitewash the doj doing nothing when apparent fraud comes to light, or does he need to step in and make it look like the doj is legitimate and throw some low level crooks in prison? It sounds like it is the latter, but I have no doubt if he thinks the doj can weather the storm without involvement he would go for it.

Of course that is assuming he still feels the same as when he went in, it DID seem like he realized the left was off the deep end the last time he appeared before congress and wasn't able to speak without being slandered.