Tacitus wrote, “This is an unfair thing about war: victory is claimed by all, failure to one alone.” Mr. Merrick Garland looked a lonely general, when he told the camera that he personally approved the search warrant for Mar-a-Lago.  

If the Palm Beach raid had yielded more than silken undergarments, a very serious press conference would have ensued, posing very serious questions, not a terse paean to the integrity of the institutions of justice. Either the prize the federal agents were seeking was not in the premises, or they had been played.

Where goes Mr. Garland now? Events are accelerating. Striking President Trump now makes him more powerful, not less. The general could present his resignation to TBG [the big guy] and start to slink away, but he could be destroyed. Or hang on and play the gambit to its finish, knowing he is the sacrificial pawn. It is a Hobson’s choice.