Government shutdowns are not unusual, they have happened before. But if you followed the DNC server hack and Crowdstrike's actions, there was always a shutdown so Crowdstrike could go in and clean computers and servers, download any incriminating data (that is what they did with the DNC servers, to hide the fact that they were stealing Bernie's donor money).
With the shutdown workers won't be at their desks so Trump's team would have full access to all computers, desks, workstations, for inspection. Q said there were 'foreign agents' in the top levels of government. Does he need access to those …