claim: "you can collude all you want with a foreign government in an election. there's no such statute" (that makes collusion a crime).
author: gregg jarrett
evidence_1: jun 26, 2017 ... the investigation into russian influence in the u.s. election “has never ... begun  to make the case that collusion does not constitute a crime. ... trump and his  allies have insisted there is no proof of collusion ... you can collude all you want  with a foreign government in an election. there's no such statute.
evidence_2: jul 12, 2017 ... does that mean the campaign colluded with the kremlin? we asked legal experts  to size up the evidence. ... trump campaign and russia to commit any number of  crimes (say, election ... 'collusion is the perfect word to cover such crimes' ... that “ collusion” with a foreign government violated no law—that ...
evidence_3: jul 10, 2017 ... collusion is not a crime, only an antitrust law. you can collude all you want with a  foreign government in an election. there is no such statute.
evidence_4: jun 27, 2017 ... "there's no violation of law if, in fact, the campaign colluded with ... "you can  collude all you want with a foreign government in an election. there's no such  statute." ... asked whether collusion with a foreign power to win an election was ...  "the president and others associated with the campaign made no ...
evidence_5: aug 1, 2018 ... on tuesday, trump repeated on twitter that “collusion is not a crime. ... with  russia, a hostile foreign power, to help trump win the election. ... including  donald trump jr.'s infamous email that “if it's what you say i love it. ... the  russian conduct appears to have violated federal anti-hacking statutes, such as  ...