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An Option 3 is possible too. Strauss-Kahn may have embarrassed himself (or worse: other Elite members) and gotten the boot just for that. IIRC, he was hanging around and molesting women in gross ways for years.
The Elite is a little bit flexible. They can kick-out members, and of course induct new ones.
Also, there are probably hierarchies. If you are a Rothschild or Soros, you can pretty much get away with almost anything as long as it is not widely known. The Clintons, after all, are still in The Elite. Yet, Huma and Weiner are probably on the way OUT because they are no longer useful to the rest of 'em...
Indeed, I expected you to suggest the option #3
But consider the possibility that you might be inadvertently twisting the facts to better fit your idea. If you are one of the Elite members, no one can give you a boot by definition, since otherwise you are pretty much not one of them. If they can kick out members and induct new members as you assume, these new members certainly won't belong to their flock or pack. As I always say, power (real power) cannot be given, it can only be taken from weak or weakened hands (see Trump as the most recent example). Saying that the elites might be fighting with each other comes down to saying that there is no Elite at all as you mean it. In any case, infighting wouldn't be made public