It will buy him a little time to hide some other things he’s been involved in, before they also come under scrutiny.

I want to see one of those cowards in a train full of actual panthers, i.e. large cats of the genus Panthera.

That’s sounds weird to me. In the UK we pronounce it like “glearn”, but with a silent “g”.

I’m pretty sure you’re correct in terms of their relative priority, but I think we should do it anyway.