The joke is I do not think he IS getting a dime for this. You heard of get out of jail free in Monopoly? This idiot is volunteering to go to jail for free just to get his name on tv each day.
There is no collusion. There is outright obstruction and a cast of so many charges you will have to wait till 2020 for all of them to be finally addressed. He's goin to jail.
I think the only reason Rudy is on TV is because he missed the spotlight and fame of being a Bat Boy living in the Florida swamp. In the 60's he was also the stunt double for Grandpa on the Munster's but they had to fire him because he sucked the blood out of the dragon that lived under the staircase. Cheers!