No. I get the point, they could be demoted but they could also refuse the demotion and resign or retire, if they have enough service time.
If they want to resign or retire over losing the top level security clearances, then they’re up to no good. The criminals can’t be the ones dictating the terms
If I’m a betting man; some of those text that we haven’t seen have incriminating evidence against both of them and they’re told: we can make it worse for you in jail time or you can sit here and we’ll cut a deal if you cooperate, be demoted and spill everything you know