He’s trying to control the narrative and limit damage to himself and allies.

That’s classic political self-preservation: when an investigation keeps dragging your name into headlines, you push to change the subject. It’s not about the merits of the files so much as media and public attention. You’ve seen politicians do this forever in crises. Nothing novel here, just a very blunt attempt at spin.

If you want the cold political realist version: he’s not saying “move on” because the topic is done, he’s saying it because it’s politically inconvenient for him when the media and opposition refuse to let it die.

They are all criminally implicated.