My opinion is that it's trolling us all. Also, it's a feint to get us to look elsewhere while other deeds are done. We all only have so much attention to give and every news website is certainly filled with this "news".

Trump's goal is to get his nominees through congress. Some are fine, but there are about 5-7 who are deemed pretty unacceptable by most people. Perhaps the lack of light on those people will help get them through the process.