Just judging but how artificially hyped this was, and how we know that large drops never get hyped up before hand (no hype on Cuomo resignation for example )… this smells like a bait.
They are probably trying to get the DS to do something stupid, or track what they were going to try to shut it down. Moves and countermoves.
You'd think the DS would be aware of this kind of stuff by now
It seems like they're too arrogant to learn, after all they're using the same basic tactics as in the 1930s.