Now they (which includes thousands within the "establishment") are getting scared s***less as it sinks in.
But, convincing the public (or the stupid ones at least) that the Russians helped Trump isn't going to change the election results, so I don't know what they're expecting to happen. Perhaps the idea is to try and spin up some protests/riots.. that seems to be their answer for everything.
This is what you call a last desperate act by a bunch of folks who are in way over their heads. The only thing they will accomplish by this is getting a bunch of these lunkheads (as you most accurately described) killed.