Why bother? He did not say that, you did! Imagine a sitting President of the United States publicly stating the he trusts Putin's version of events over that of all of his own intelligence agencies. It truly boggles the mind.
Bottom line of it all is that Russia only colluded with one of the candidates. She put it in a dossier, then used the FBI and Media allies to interfere in the midterm elections so they could start an impeachment process that was unconstitutional.
Some claim the phrase “high misdemeanors” means whatever Congress wants it to mean. They are wrong. If it were true, the Constitution’s framers would not have listed grounds for impeachment. They would have let Congress choose whatever grounds it wished. If Congress could impeach and remove for any reason, the president would be a prime minister, dependent on the whims of the legislature. https://i2i.org/what-the-constitution-says-about-impeachment/