He went on to say that collusion is not a crime.
Of course nearly immediately they found a slew of times when he said there was no collusion.
But this is the natural evolution of the narrative.
There was no contact with Russians.
OK, there was contact with multiple Russians, but it was innocent.
OK, some of those Russians were from their intel services, but there was no collusion.
OK, there was collusion, but collusion is not a crime.
OK, there was collusion, and it’s criminal, but Trump knew nothing about it.