Trump lawyer says President is innocent because collusion is not a crime
While Sekulow is correct that collusion by itself isn’t illegal, a number of other actions could still be prosecutable, according to experts who spoke to Politico. One potential area of illegality could be if a Trump campaign member conspired with the Russians to obtain damaging information on the president’s 2016 election opponent, Hillary Clinton, according to Asha Rangappa, an associate dean at Yale Law School. Another area that could be open to prosecution would be aiding, abetting or advising the Russians on what kinds of information to steal from Democrats, according to Paul Rosenzweig, a former deputy assistant secretary for policy at the Department of Homeland Security.
