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> I think the criminal argument is that he was acting as a cutout for Russian intelligence with the dnc leaks.

That may be a (relatively new) criminal argument, but there is also Manning plus 18 USC §2(a): “Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal.” (emphasis added)

Plus probably all kinds of stuff in between.




You mean like, say, someone asking a foreign power to conduct a cyberattack on a US political party?


You are referring to what Hillary Clinton and Perkins Coie did via Fusion GPS? Yes, exactly.




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