2×4 yes with you on that, but I think the third actor(s) is foreign. They may have a donk fronts inside the sanctum and are active, maybe another set that is dark (for the moment).

They sure are not from the Chicago crowd. They Illinois tribe is not that smart.
O was in someones pipeline way before those people got a hold of him.

Yes, they can can O anytime. Sometimes when I am in that tinfoil mood I think that there is a contingency plan to off O and then seize upon the unrest for some nefarious purpose. Someone somewhere in that cabal has got to have at least considered it.