My guess is the latter. The White House is trying to dump all the news about this as quickly as possible so they can then claim it's all "old news" and declare it's time to yet again "move on".
hey, nobama...hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! you and your loser minions need to all resign immediately. you are all corrupt bastards. hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! please release Bo from your clutches. He deserves a life away from such sleaze.