2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz did not go to law enforcement, she went to the press [View all]thesquanderer
(11,986 posts)If you could go into facebook and suddenly see confidential information on all your contacts, you would not have committed any crime. Even if you saved it.
Since there was no crime, there was no reason to go to law enforcement.
There was only a possible breach of contractual rules, which would be a matter of civil action, not criminal action. The proper procedure if the DNC suspected a breach, from what I've seen, would have been for the DNC to notify the Sanders campaign and give them 10 days to address the matter. Even after that, they wouldn't go to law enforcment, they would proceed with legal actions according to the contract.
In short, breaking a contract is not a criminal matter, and not something you go to law enforcement about.
But why the DNC decided to go to the press rather than address their issues quietly and just follow the terms of their agreement is a different question.