In assessing potential conspiracy charges, the Special Counsel also considered whether members of the Trump campaign “coordinated” with Russian election interference activities. “There was no collusion,” he’s said on countless occasions and, after Barr’s letter came out, offered that Mueller himself agreed. In the wake of the release of Barr’s letter, Trump and his supporters embraced or promoted a definition of “collusion” that mapped onto what Mueller is reported to have concluded: No indictment means no collusion. On CBS’s “Face the Nation” this month (before Mueller’s investigation ended) Schiff specifically delineated a difference between collusion and criminality. If that’s your definition of collusion, then that’s collusion.

Source: Washington Post March 28, 2019 17:15 UTC