He was tech savvy and a NOBODY. They bought him and paid for his secrecy.
She paid him to hide her illegal activity.
If that’s true, then that’s a clear demonstration of unlawful intent, and they have her dead to rights.
I’ve been in the business for a long time. Speaking for myself and the people I’ve worked with over my career, if a cabinet-level official approached me and offered me a pile of cash to set up and administer an email server, I’d be backing away from that as fast as I could and my next call would probably be to the FBI.
Our work has made us kind of averse to shitstorms.