Re: A product of his time
Rubbish, the only "Russian Collusion" in the US elections occurred when the Clinton campaign and the DNC paid Steele to (ostensibly) collect opposition research data on Donald Trump by paying Russian intelligence operatives to produce such. Textbook collusion and indeed, conspiracy.
Or would you rather deny that the source was Russian and that Steele simply recycled scurrilous gossip produced by Clinton operatives like Cody Shearer ? The payment was revealed by testimony under oath - laundering the money through a law firm (and calling it legal expenses) is not a defense but an additional campaign finance crime.