The same day as the meeting between Trump and el-Sisi, Trump Jr. begins to have “direct electronic communications with WikiLeaks,” according to the Mueller Report.209 If Trump Jr. has received any information about the Russian threat to the 2016 election from either of Trump’s first two security briefings—information held not only by Trump but also by Michael Flynn and Chris Christie—the presidential candidate’s son is required under the federal law against aiding and abetting to take no action that might induce further crimes by the Russian government’s nonstate cutout, WikiLeaks. Arguably,
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