mr. pelagic, is collusion technically a crime? guest: collusion of itself is not a crime, but it is worth stressing it is a misnomer to characterize the investigation with collusion. the investigation was started as a nunez momo itself concedes, in 20, as a counterintelligence investigation, not criminal investigation, into russian interference into the election cycle. this is no longer a debate about whether there was russian interference. there are senior republicans in the house and senate that have come out publicly and said it is clear the russians at least attempted to interfere in the election as part of that counterintelligence investigation at all of this information about relationship between the trump campaign and the russian government, senior russian officials, the famous trump tower meeting, now these indictments are coming out. the question is not whether or not there was collusion between the trunk can gain and the russian government. the question is as part of the mother investigation into russian interference int

mr. pelagic, is collusion technically a crime?est: collusion of itself is not a crime, but it is worth stressing it is a misnomer to characterize the investigation with collusion. the investigation was started as a nunez momo itself concedes, in 20, as a counterintelligence investigation, not criminal investigation, into russian interference into the election cycle. this is no longer a debate about whether there was russian interference. there are senior republicans in the house and senate that have come out publicly and said it is clear the russians at least attempted to interfere in the election as part of that counterintelligence investigation at all of this information about relationship between the trump campaign and the russian government, senior russian officials, the famous trump tower meeting, now these indictments are coming out. the question is not whether or not there was collusion between the trunk can gain and the russian government. the question is as part of the mother investigation into russian interference into t