[swirepe]

>The people who broke into the Capitol and stole things are not the smartest or most well-connected people.

Imagine you stole Putin's personal laptop, the secret special one with no password that he hides under his pillow. If you email [e-mail] and offer to sell it to them, it auto-replies with a warrant. They'll definitely take it, but they will not pay for it.

Better to sell it to some random American who thinks they won the lottery.

Edited to add: I guess a Russian warrant wouldn't mean much in the article's case. She basically paid a premium to not deal with a government.

Edited to add: best to not steal it in the first place, obviously. Obviously don't steal state secrets, don't loot your capitol, and just be cool.

I'm trying to get into her headspace so I can understand her. I think what she did was bad.