Ok so the consensus seemed to be that this was to keep Biden from skipping town. How about this, what if these assets are their to keep him alive because he flipped?

You know they told him at least some of what they have on him so he knows there's no way for him to get out of this. Next step is to go on national television and confess the whole fucking thing and then be arrested on the spot.

That would fit Q's scenario of the first arrest shocking the world.