I think that if I were in law enforcement.....
Where the job is to enforce/prosecute....
I would actually be inclined towards that. I think you are right.
Law enforcement doesn’t really win if clinton loses. The crimes are still there to prosecute. Same if she wins. Either way she has to be prosecuted. But if they announce something today, it looks like they are saying “here you are voters...now it’s up to YOU to do justice at the ballot box”.
That is sort of cowardly from a true law enforcement perspective. And you are entirely correct...if they announce something, whether she wins or loses (ESPECIALLY if she wins!) their “tampering” just makes their subsequent prosecution more difficult. Maybe even politically impossible.
So I think if I were part of the prosecution team, I’d say let’s lie low. We have our job to do. We will do it in an orderly fashion, and not be be swayed by a timeline of the election which really doesn’t have anything to do with the prosecution.
(And from a “human nature” perspective....don’t you just have to think that there are a few with ambition in there who would actually rather prosecute a President, not a former Secretary of State? The former you go down in history. The latter, not as much).
The downside of this is that the FBI has done, bravely, what it can do here. It fulfilled its duty to Congress, and arguably, by announcing, it did so without regards to the election timeline one way or the other.
Then, they will prosecute these apparently sickening crimes when they are ready.
But as for the election? Well, that has to be decided by the voters with the information available now.
So it seems to me, after reflecting on your post.
The “real” election happens December 13, when the electors cast their vote. If the currently steaming pile spontaneously combusts and explodes by that time, then there’s an additional chance to save the country, if needed.