ornkly, pedro, democrat republican, that is bad for everybody. host: republican line, this is gary. yes, i would just like to ask the investigation is over collusion? is that a crime? if they had listened to mitt romney instead of making fun of him, i don't think all of this would have been happening. then again, the fbi did wiretap dr. martin luther king. there is just too much going on here that don't make no sense. the thing that makes the least bit of sense is house intelligence. that is an oxymoron for me. host: 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 attempt