1) They are still providing cover for HRC and her circle of conspirators
2) They are implicated somewhere down the line, in leaking information and bribing FBI officials for leaks
3) They are guilty of even more serious crimes that will flow from the release of this information and the investigations that will follow it
4) They are embarrassed or will be embarrassed for missing the boat on the full story
5) They will be exposed as the shills that they have been; and what flows from the investigation will contradict their ideology and previous reporting
And variations on the theme...
While the reporters and writers have First Amendement protection, the publisher has no protection against indictment for conspiracy to overthrow the government