With this new information about the authorization for the use of deadly force and the contingency plan in case Trump and/or his Secret Service got in the way, it’s just so easy to let your imagination run wild. Can’t you just see some fervently partisan bureaucrat in the DOJ or the FBI fantasizing that Trump will arrive at Mar-a-Lago unexpectedly, get feisty, and be taken out by an over-zealous agent?

In this fantasy, the agent, of course, will go to prison, a sacrificial lamb on the altar of making the obscene look respectable. However, sacrificing a pawn is a small price to pay if you can rid yourself of your most feared political opponent.