Why would Trump not declassify the documents being withheld by HIS agencies? This makes sense for two reasons: First its the right thing to do. The American people need to know the full scope and depth of this subversion. That seems intuitively obvious to anyone who cares about this country. Second, it would be politically advantageous to Trump as it would expose the deep seated antipathy against him and document the extremely dangerous political weaponization of our federal agencies. His opposition can’t do anything about it — and release of the documents will scorch them.
I disagree with you that Rosenstein and Sessions would resign. Sessions is a Deep State plant and his “sponsors”” expect him to remain in place where he can undermine Trump. Rosenstein is clearly Jeff Sessions’ alter ego. He is arrogantly defiant. People like that don’t willingly resign and give up power.
Trump is going to have to force them out. The sooner the better. Management 101 says never leave your adversaries in positions where they can undermine you and thwart your agenda. And...never underestimate the lengths they will go to to conspire against you, not to mention that they have lots of confederates who are willing accomplices. Its past time for Rosenstein and Sessions to be relieved of their duties. It is very dangerous to let them hang around.
The Deep-seated antipathy against Trump is already known and well-understood, there is nothing more to add to what is already understood by anyone who is not a leftist. The release won’t scorch the opposition, they won’t change their opinions no matter what. And it won’t do anything but reinforce what his supporters already know...there’s no real gain there, except for the historical record.
I don’t know if he will declassify or not, but I somewhat doubt he will take that risk if the midterms continue to look good. He’s not going to upset the political applecart with any potentially dangerous moves. The danger from declassifying the corruption is that there are a lot of people sitting in prison right now that we want to stay in prison - people who were prosecuted under federal law. If he blows up the DOJ with a declassify order, he might subject all those prosecutions to appeals because their processes have been shown to be corrupted. I don’t know how much risk there is from this, but that might be a reason not to utterly destroy the agency in that way.
I believe Sessions and Rosenstein will resign after the midterms in order that they don’t get fired...one of the two will happen and they know it. Zero sum game. If Trump wins the midterms, his power will be exponentially greater than it is today. That’s why he won’t take any risky actions before the vote. He’s better off as a beleaguered fighter, besieged by radical, crazy, wild donkey opponents before the election. It energizes his voters.
Management 101 isn’t Politics 101. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Abraham Lincoln is the model...his cabinet was full of bitter personal enemies. And he wouldnt take any major actions without having them be a follow on to a major victory. Trump understands this well.
Don’t hold your breath expecting much to be declassified due to the fact that this involves foreign intel agencies both “friendly” and hostile.