I think the situation is a bit more grave then just the Attorney general being left holding a bag of shit. I don't think the Epstein files were at FBI HQ. The actual stuff is within the field office for the Southern District of New York, which has effectively gone rogue. Both the FBI Agents and the Judge Magistrates. The issue facing the Attorney General and the President is that an entire Federal Judiciary circuit is refusing to obey orders outright, and may be engaged in evidence destruction.
The rot runs deep. If the SDNY is truly rogue, its not so simple as to just order them shut down. The evidence has to be collected, such that may be available. The rumor mill is running hot behind the scenes, and I hate to be all "trust the plan", but if what I am hearing is true, Kash has been given 14 days to either explain why the SDNY is not complying or to provide rational for sending men with guns in.