henchmen

Lysenko benefited from Stalin’s suspicion of and hostility toward scientific experts, whom his henchmen denigrated as “enemies of the people” for their defense of “pure science for the sake of science.”

Sure, he'll do those things if he can but they were mostly arguments for getting elected so he'll leave that in the hands of his henchmen and take credit for whatever they manage to do.

If Trump wants to let Bobby go wild, his henchmen will find a way to circumvent any impediments.

Fleeing captivity, Dot takes refuge in a well from the gun-toting henchmen chasing her.

He says we must take this very seriously and that even if the media cynically dismisses all this as a "schtick" or old news, Trump and his henchmen are deadly serious.