Or maybe they just wanted to disrupt the trial generally and figured a three way fight was the best way to do it. If we assume we had at least three killers, we had more of a chance of pinning this on someone... so that might've been their contingency.

[ it... sort of worked? ]

... [ hm? after a moment he just sort of pats the hand on his arm. ]

Yeah. It's still better to be aware of how things can go South at this point though. Maybe we all need some kind of trap, like the one Todd pulled.