I think if it was an active collusion proven, then I think what we have here is a case of passive collusion where in some cases unwittingly to include candidate Trump himself who retweeted messages that had been planted by the Russians in social media.
Clapper discusses the possibility of passive collusion involving the Trump campaign and Russian influence.
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