She will become a liability if she releases them.
Wait a minute here…..
If she releases them, she loses. If she stalls, she loses face and constituants.
Is she attempting to cut a deal somehow while the movie is on hold?
Interdasting, but I think they would have already run that campaign while the House D's were playing their litte games building up to the Articles being written. Likely they failed to efficiently secure votes via blackmail during the course of that time. Just some thoughts to add to yours.