Election laws stipulate that it is illegal for an American to solicit anything of value from a foreigner. But there is an exception to that rule, which is, none of the election laws apply to a media organization. So one of the defenses the Trump people were preparing was to say "even if we did cooperate with Wiki
Leaks, that's legal, because WikiLeaks is a media organization." The messages with Trump Jr. contradict that. WikiLeaks is not acting like a media organization. Media organizations do not call on defeated candidates to contest the validity of an election. But cutouts for Russian intelligence do...