It's long overdue on that.
But I guess they had their reasons.
What is a sting? A sting is catching people in the act when they least expect to be caught.
But that's not all of it. Stings usually have 'players' or Actors who actively motivate the target to take the bait. A sting isn't so much catching people in the act, it's creating the act to catch people in a trap.
So the delays in truth telling? Perhaps to allow Actors to remain active in the sting operation?
I keep saying it. There needs to be some heavy hitting White Hats in the Black Hat hideout for this to work. Anons are going to be as shocked as normies about who the players were.