Lock Him Up? Trump may have just committed a felony

Today, Trump encouraged Russia to hack U.S.. Computers to steal Clinton and DNC emails and help him win the election.  See: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-clinton-emails.html

He could be charged with committing a felony punishable by imprisonment for ten to twenty years under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. § 1030 (“CFAA”), which states:

 “[w]hoever…knowingly and with intent to defraud, accesses a protected computer without authorization, or exceeds authorized access, and by means of such conduct furthers the intended fraud and obtains anything of value…shall be punished.”

http://www.natlawreview.com/article/accessing-database-violates-computer-fraud-and-abuse-act-and-economic-espionage-act

(c) The punishment for an offense under subsection (a) or (b) of this section is—

(1)

(A) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both, in the case of an offense under subsection (a)(1) of this section which does not occur after a conviction for another offense under this section, or an attempt to commit an offense punishable under this subparagraph; and

(B) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both, in the case of an offense under subsection (a)(1) of this section which occurs after a conviction for another offense under this section, or an attempt to commit an offense punishable under this subparagraph....

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030 and

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/27/donald-trump-s-call-for-russia-to-hack-the-u-s-might-be-a-felony.html

Let’s all yell--All together now, Republicans you go first:

LOCK HIM UP….LOCK HIM UP….LOCK HIM UP