Rudy Giuliani Just Tried to Clarify His 'Collusion Is Not a Crime' Comments and May Have Just Dug Donald Trump Even Deeper

President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani called Fox News to clarify comments he made earlier today about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the president's Russian ties.

"When I said today that there and therefore... and that collusion also is no crime, I've been saying that from the very beginning, [and] so has John Dowd," he said, referring to the man who once led Trump's legal team.

He added: "It's a very, very familiar lawyer's argument than the alternative: My client didn't do it, and even if he did it, it's not a crime."

Giuliani's clarifications come after he sparked significant criticism earlier today when he said during an interview on “Fox & Friends” that special counsel Robert Mueller should end his investigation.

“If we had anything to do about it, I would ask the special counsel to put out his report and show us what he’s got, you know, show your hand,” Giuliani said.

When asked if he meant he wanted Mueller to put out his final report, Giuliani replied:

Final! Get it over with. Make your case to the Justice Department that you have to continue to investigate. I think you’ll find that there is no reason. Look, think about this: You could investigate an innocent man forever. If you decided he robbed the bank, and he didn’t and he proved to you 50 different ways that he didn’t do it, you’ll look at 51, and then 52, and then 53. Then you try to get somebody who knows him and prosecute the poor person for tax evasion, so they say he robbed the bank. That’s what’s going on here!

During the same interview, Giuliani justified his that colluding with a foreign government is not a crime.

“I have been sitting here looking in the federal code trying to find collusion as a crime,” he said. “Collusion is not a crime. Everything that’s been released so far shows the president to be absolutely innocent. He didn’t do anything wrong.”