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I sincerely doubt Nick has anything. Also, even if he had hacked Aaron, evidence obtained from a crime is inadmissible.
I will preface this by saying I did not attend the 4th worst ranked law school in the USA let alone any law school, but I believe this is incorrect. Many such cases have been ruled that evidence obtained by a private citizen committing a crime is allowed to be used in prosecution as long as the obtaining of the evidence illegally was not directed by the government and done without the government's prior knowledge.
I believe more modern cases which allow private citizen hacking evidence to be used all goes back to:
Burdeau v. McDowell, 256 U.S. 465 (1921)
Argued April 11, 12, 1921
Decided June 1, 1921
1. The United States may retain for use as evidence in the criminal prosecution of their owner incriminating documents which are turned over to it by private individuals who procured them, without the participation or knowledge of any government official, through a wrongful search of the owner's private desk and papers in an office. P. 256 U. S. 474.