At least he is out front of the media FReight train early ...
He's in a Catch-22 either way, using wanting to eliminate conflict of interest as the basis for selling as he did.. regardless the delays that are involved in exercising the sale..
his fault? hardly
No surprise here the appearance of impropriety is what the media will use, rather than the 'truth' after the fact.
It isn't the nature of the evidence that matters, it is the seriousness of the charge...
(unless it involves the Clintons. Then neither evidence nor seriousness of the charge matter).