Donald Trump - evidence of collusion with Russia: echo from California

Yes, there was collusion

Sonoma County California, The Press Democrat echo opinion letter

Dear Editor: Your April 20, editorial (“No conspiracy, but no exoneration of Trump either”) began and ended with the claim that Robert Mueller and his team concluded that Donald Trump didn’t collude with the Russians. This is simply not true. 

Here is what the Mueller report said about collusion:

“In evaluating whether evidence about collective action of multiple individuals constituted a crime, we applied the framework of conspiracy law, not the concept of ‘collusion.’ Collusion is not a specific offense or theory of liability found in the United States Code, nor is it a term of art in federal criminal law. For those reasons, the Office’s focus in analyzing questions of joint criminal liability was on conspiracy as defined in federal law.”

The Mueller report did cite that, on multiple occasions, the Trump campaign did meet with Russian officials, the Trump campaign sought and welcomed Russian assistance as evidenced by the Trump Tower meeting, and its chairman shared sensitive campaign polling data with an individual associated with Russian intelligence. Collusion did take place, and the report also cited numerous examples of obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump.

From Richard Neffson, Rohnert Park, CA