- Collusion is not a specific offense or theory of liability found in the United States Code.
- For that reason, Robert Mueller focused on questions of criminal liability as defined under federal law governing conspiracy.
- In that vein, the focus was further narrowed to set aside whether or not members of the Trump campaign coordinated with Russian election interference efforts, since, like the much bandied-about term collusion, coordination has no settle definition in federal criminal law.
So, while the Mueller investigation does not deal with, indeed shows no interest in, collusion, it certainly does not exonerate Mr. Trump or the Trump Administration. For instance, on page 13, it's noted that the Trump Campaign showed an interest in WikiLeaks' releases of documents, and welcomed their potential to damage candidate Clinton.
Doesn't sound like any synonym for exoneration to me ...
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