I think they were "accidentally released" to let all involved know that Durham has the goods so some of them will flip to try to lessen their punishment. All Durham would have to do to derail investigation is to not continue investigation and let Sussman and others walk - that's what Comey did with the Hildabeast email server.

I think they were "accidentally released" to let all involved know that Durham has the goods so some of them will flip to try to lessen their punishment. All Durham would have to do to derail investigation is to not continue investigation and let Sussman and others walk - that's what Comet did with the Hildabeast email server.