This war has been going on a lot longer than the 2016 election. That was the beginning of the end. This started long before that.
Not to mention, PODESTA was backing Trump. Why would he do that? He was backing Cruz. But that was still only e-mails we've obtained. Behind the scenes they were spying on Cruz and Trump by that time. And that's why they pushed them. Because they thought it would be easy to destroy them and finally be done with an inquisition that happened long before the election.
Hillary blew this in Benghazi and probably even before. It was figured out then and since then it has been a massive battle behind the scenes with Q and team in place during the "darkest of days."