Any stolen info should have been handed directly to the FBI.

The entire GOP is a criminal enterprise and using stolen materials against Democrats is proof positive. They'll stop at nothing, not even murder, to keep power.

They belong behind bars, not in power.

number of reporters would be in prison for receiving such information.
The catch in this case is going to be if they were engaged in making the deal before the server was hacked and or before the emails were stolen in which case the issue is not receiving the emails but rather the issue would then be one of them being a co conspirator in a major computer crime.
Edit: Not to mention of course the issue will be what payment was discussed.
If it involved the sanctions or any other quid pro quo between Russia and the United States in the event that Trump would win we have a violation of the Logan Act.

Stolen emails are still stolen property. Hacking into someone else's computer to steal property is still a crime.

in the past when for example the varies newspapers published information that Manning stole.
No, the real problem will be what payment was under discussion and when was the server hacked and when were the emails stolen and if it was hacked and or the emails were stolen while they were in talks and or soon after said talks then thats going to be a huge problem for all those involved especially Trumps son and his son in law.

but, the NY Times had a right to publish them

This information/data had value and the Trump team used this value to their advantage. So, a better analogy is - if I steal insider information from a company and use that information in the Stock Market, then it would be illegal because of insider trading.

You can not profit from stolen goods. The case for Free Speech is that the NY Times did not demonstrably profit from the use of this data. Rather they exposed this to the public light.

In this case, this information represented distinct and unique insight which would have cost the Trump organization millions to self-develop, if at all. This value was presented to their campaign by a foreign agency - which is in itself a major violation of Campaign finance due to the valuation (greater than the individual contribution), but also the source - foreign. They then used this information to help target and direct their campaign. Add to this that they probably colluded in advance with the actual theft - Trump's speech directing the Russians to do so, then they become part of the bigger conspiracy.

But for the purposes of defrauding the United States? Not a valid exception.

.... and freely available to the general public. Calling attention to information that already exists in the public domain through no fault of your own is not a crime.

If they had anything to do with obtaining and then proving them to WikiLeaks, there would be an argument to be made.

lots of money to acquire from legitimate companies who suss out political dirt for sale. As a valuable commodity, the emails are no different than any other stolen property.

Also, wouldn't the Dirty Hands doctrine apply? Trump can't claim a defense when he has acted in bad faith regarding the subject matter of the complaint.

He'll provide you all the cover and all the back-up you're gonna need when it comes time for THAT elite group (of nine justices - majority CONservative) to vote.

It's OK to get help from the Russians, so long as it is against Hillary Clinton and the Democrats.

Guess that's their only defense due to not being able to deny it.

Man, oh Man, but they'd be howling to the moon if Democrats did that!

Arguing that hacking and conspiring with foreign countries and releasing stolen information to the public is "free speech"

Arguing that a Democrat releasing evidence of Republican crimes to the public = "lock HER up"

I want to scream

"Sure we did it, but so what."

server and or before they stole the emails in which case the ones involved become co conspirators to a major computer crime.

...we can take it to the Supreme Court.

If not this time, maybe next.


GOTV!

Gorsuch and Kavanaugh? I would not be surprised.
Thomas is the real unknown though because its going to depend on which SCOTUS judge has been doing most of his thinking for him these days now that Scalia is dead.

mcCONnell was lead conspirator in obstructing Obama in appointing Federal judges and then packing those benches using twitler.

Kavanaugh's record is 91% rulings in favor of corporations. I expect those are the same types packed during these 2 years.

..cuz it is only free-enterprise

What's the problem? We were trying to find out what was in Hillary's emails!
Something wrong with that?

There are no more checks & balances.
No "Fourth Estate" either.
America is broken.

Mr. Trump will be dogged by his own crimes for a very, very long time, even if it’s all struck down by his Supreme Court. He may stave off accountability in his crimes but he will never hoodwink anyone other than his pathetic base again. He is exposed and will be shunned by those whose admiration he craves. His only recourse will be to wallow in the pigsty of his knuckle dragging minions. I suspect he hates them more than he hates women.

Let him grab their p#*@y.

It's still possession of stolen property and then some.

NO Perjury!! This is such BULLSHIT!!

Does that include the speaker ordering the theft on national television?

Because that really sounds like participating ... but I'm not a lawyer.

what jerks. making up their own rules while the go on ruining this country.

Say that's okay because it isn't illegal until that lie fails, blame Obama, Clinton anyone, cuz President Unindicted Co-conspirator is always someone's victim, when that lie fails, fall back on outlandish conspiracy theories that the gullible mouth breathers will buy.