They never thought she would lose.
This whole process most likely started as a way to punish Trump after he lost. Financial ruin even jail time.
Hillary wanted his head on a platter.
I disagree.
I think once her thighness won, she didn't give a poop about Trump.
She would have let him live.
As she would have Cruz or Yeb.
Why complicate things when the simplest answer is usually correct?
The wrench in the works was when Trump won, they really had no "plan B", except for the sloppily constructed "insurance plan".
Too bad, so sad, that they had a whole bunch of loose ends that they had no idea how to cover for.