This is some heavy heavy shit and he probably left them there to be discovered. He didn't want to carry this burden any more, wanted to get caught, wanted the nightmare to end, couldn't handle the pressure. If not consciously, subconsciously.

This is a bigger leap than the one I jokingly made the other day.

Good guy steals laptops, leaves them in the possession of *legally blind technician who is MAGA, specifically requesting data retrieval then waits for him to do the right thing. Bing bada boom, illegally obtained evidence is now admissible in court.