While voter integrity may have been a lingering predicament, it is true that because HRC was widely expected to win the 2016 election, there was no need to block Trump. With no prophetic victory in sight, the election proceeded until the wee hours of November 4th , when Trump won the electoral college and was declared President of the United States.

At that point, all bets were off. Until 2016, every other candidate had always dutifully adhered to the implicit tenet; to remain within their own lane of customary policy deliberations and never raise the existence of a Deep State, where it resides and who are its owners.