Is Bernie staying in, in the hopes Clinton is indicted?

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

Whether Bernie "stays in" or "concedes" will be irrelevant if Hillary is indicted before a convention roll call.  If this occurs, the convention will move to release all delegates and have an open nomination.

If Hillary is indicted after the convention the situation becomes very murky.  I have a feeling that either:

1. Hillary will be sworn in, immediately resign, and the VP will ascend to the Presidency
2. The electors will be instructed to cast votes for the VP candidate (with state legislatures passing emergency legislation authorizing them to do this where necessary).

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

If it's after the convention, the VP pick steps up, that's easy.

If it's before the convention, if Clinton has made a VP pick, it would go to an open convention, but the VP pick would have a stronger claim than Biden or Sanders. Hence, why she must make a VP pick ASAP.

Bernie Sanders would still have 1,831 released delegates who would be inclined to support him in an open convention.  Why would the "claim" of a candidate who won 22 nominating contests be "weaker" than the VP pick of a candidate undergoing criminal proceedings?