Dear Participant,
I think you are suggesting a very novel defense. That of course it is illegal to tamper with or access election results. But once they were already ‘stolen’, then it no longer reflects the results of an election and it would not be a crime. But then the defense would have to prove that it was ‘stolen’ in the first place. This is the only way I imagine that the proceedings would get bogged down in all the silly stuff.
It seems like the prosecution expects that the defense will be each one pointing fingers at the other and saying not me.