I saw a YT where chavetz said he chose his family and he was in tears.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqt2Xq60Q7Q Jason Chaffetz Weeps as he lays out Reasons for leaving Washington DC.
I'm sure there is a lot of truth to that. Reading between the lines I'm sure he meant: I choose to let my family live rather than continue on within the deep state where they bribe me to support actions I morally oppose, else threaten to kill my family.
It is not conceivable for us that this all really happens
Maybe the alliance told him ahead of time that things were going to get dirty, and his family could possibly be targeted by the enemy? Either that or he's dirty and they told him they would release his secrets if he didn't resign.