Timing will be one of those "matter of opinion" things, and is rarely perfect or optimum.
Congress has already improvidently endorsed a fraudulent election result. If it improvidently moves forward with inauguration the deal isn't carved in stone. Yes, inauguration works a profound change, but no move is irreversible.
Not meaning this as hopium, just a sterile fact of the matter is, things can get undone. Especially these days when there aren't any rules.
Good post.
The unsubstantiated push for Senate trial even after presumed return to private citizen status reveals a desire to impose some sense of ‘finality’ to a transition process.
McConnell would not delay if he had the votes. He doesn’t.
The inauguration remains a farce. The evidence continues to seep through with positive acceleration. That evidence enables influencers to remain at their helms. The question is whether those influencers with evidence coupled with orders under insurrection act authority will suspend any transition, specifically any handoff of the nuclear codes.
There are also SCOTUS cases scheduled after January 20th where the evidence should finally be allowed to be entered.
Any suspension of the transition or continuation until after January 20th is plausible as long as the President retains power to suspend.