You can't arrest someone for a thought crime, ( at least not yet) so it makes sense that POTUS had to let it play out, get Pence and the rest of the swamp to pick a side and go through with certifying a fraudulent election. Official crime committed, now they can be arrested. I hope that thought doesn't remain true on inauguration day, that we must let them commit crimes in order to be prosecuted. We can't give them one more inch.