1. On the @Twitter @Facebook dust up, stolen emails carry potential civil liability. The ruling in the SDNY civil case brought by the @HillaryClinton and @TheDemocrats for Trump campaign use of Wikileaks/GRU hacked emails was dismissed because the court found the emails were
2. in the wild. But this recent @NYPost drop is an initial posting of stolen emails. So IMO the Post is acting as @WikiLeaks. Could these platforms face both civil and criminal liability? If they are betting that question may be answered by a @JoeBiden appointed AG running
3. @TheJusticeDept the decision to back away from amplification makes good business sense.
18 U.S. Code Chapter 119. "WIRE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS INTERCEPTION" has been used against the press. If you use illegally obtained private material, you are exposing yourself to
18 U.S. Code Chapter 119. "WIRE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS INTERCEPTION" has been used against the press. If you use illegally obtained private material, you are exposing yourself to
4. both civil damages and criminal damages. Trump campaign got away with it in 2016 because WikiLeaks was initial distributor. This time it was Trump campaign acting as the GRU and the Post acting as Wikileaks and IMO even under the questionable ruling in the Clinton SDNY case,
5. this time it was smart to block it because punitive damage lawsuits and criminal charges are generally bad for a corporation's shareholders. @CNBC
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