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by Dan_JiuJitsu 1841 days ago
Just so I understand here; he's still on the hook for taking the bribe and running the license plate, he's just been cleared of unauthorized access because he was granted access to the system. Right? Seems to me the prosecutor messed up when charging him under CFAA, which as we can see here is a complex and nuanced section of law, instead of something straightforward, if less sexy like public corruption/bribery.