Obviously, he should have handled it differently, but think about it.

He could have easily blamed the lack of a client list and records on the swamp-nest FBI and the Democrats. Why didn't he?

Bondi and Patel could have easily blamed their predecessors. Instead, they were mealy-mouthed about the whole affair and kept flip-flopping. They were about to release them but then something happened. And this transpired several times.

Perhaps Trump is using the files as leverage to get other things done?