The Mueller report clearly states that the special counsel’s team did not believe “collusion” — which President Trump has incessantly insisted he did not commit — to be a legal term. For that reason, prosecutors did not assess whether Trump’s campaign “colluded” with Russia, the Washington Post reports.
They said they instead examined whether anyone associated with the Trump campaign “coordinated” with Russians, as defined by conspiracy law, which required “an agreement—tacit or express—between the Trump Campaign and the Russian government on election interference.”
Mueller’s team noted that an agreement requires two parties taking actions “informed by or responsive to the other’s actions or interests.”
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