My theory is very much in line with yours.
1. 0vomit is lazy beyond belief. He certainly could have had his minions do all the work to have the vacancies filled. It would have required very little effort from him - just like the rest of his “presidency”.
2. I think there is a reason beyond 0vomit laziness. I think Hitlery Rotten Criminal already had plans to sell those vacancies. (Kind of like Blagojevich sold the Senate seat.) Think of all the money to be made! I’m sure that’s what Hitlery was thinking about.
My bet is that 0vomit was ordered NOT to fill them. Not that he was necessarily even aware of it or that there was any danger that he would have taken the initiative to do so, but there may have been some staffer who might have tried to get the slots filled.
Great point. Cha ching!