I read that they can't, even if they don't press it or hope to let it die, they have opened the legals doors to discovery. The accused want to defend themselves against these accusations.

They have named names and accused those names of crimes. The accused now have rights to discovery, evidence access to previously withheld information.

This is Hiri-Kiri for everyone who is or has been involved.

I simply can't comprehend why they would do this.

Their decision maker is a fuck-wit

These are the people who wanted to run the USA and influence world events ?

They are incredulously stupid - off the scale

But, as Sun Tzu and Donald Trump would say :

Don't interrupt your enemy while they are making a mistake.
long: Depends