It seemed obvious, to me, that the derps already had ads made, that it would stop all investigation into the illegal prosecution of Flynn, and allow them to say, "Well, we had him. Trump knew he was guilty!"
Trump knows what he's doing. I don't think anyone else could have stood up to this and come away a winner.
And that’s where Q came in. Q & Q+ KNOW! Can you imagine the patience Trump has had?
I do think that the timeline changed several times because everyday they came up with more crap to throw at him.