[RedElement]

You are correct that he can do it with the stroke of a pen, so the delay must have a purpose.

Possible explanations:
1. Timing. The October surprise to end all October surprises. At that point, and with a larger House majority, the bleach hoses and sandblasters clean out the DOJ and FBI.
2. To show his patience and long sufferance with all this partisan nonsense.

[arthurus]

You said it.