"The hold your coat guy" is the

[kairos12]

Stochastic Terrorist. He's the guy who whispers in the ear of the person, vulnerable to lies, to assault the "other."

He's happy to hold that guys coat. And then say "who me?"

[mobeau69]

1. We have many stochastic terrorists in and running for Congress and a stochastic terrorist former

president. We also have a stochastic terrorist organization known as Fox News.

[Mr.Bill]

2. I always refer to them as the guy in the western movie

who stands behind ten men with guns in their hands and says "Drop him, Jesse".

[sarge43]

3. "Let's you and him fight." n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

5. What Popped Into My Head, Too

Verbatim

[jaxexpat]

4. An aside: it was the apostle who became St Paul that held the coats of St Stephen's executioners.

Sweaty work, stoning a man to death in the heat of a 1st century Jerusalem afternoon. Still, wouldn't want to lose a coat.

No comment about the OP's subject, really. Things just have a way of coming up, you know.