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Mueller's office says BuzzFeed report on Trump instructions to Cohen is BS
2019-01-19
[WNKY] The Latest on a report that President Donald Trump directed his personal attorney to lie to Congress (all times local):

7:50 p.m.

The special counsel’s office has issued a rare public statement disputing the accuracy of a news report saying that President Donald Trump told his personal attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress.

The statement by Robert Mueller’s office on Friday night doesn’t cite any specific errors.

Spokesman Peter Carr says, "BuzzFeed’s description of specific statements to the Special Counsel’s Office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding Michael Cohen’s Congressional testimony are not accurate."

12:50 p.m.

Donald Trump’s personal attorney is denying that the president told his former legal fixer, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about the details of a Trump business proposal in Russia.

Rudy Giuliani says in a statement that "Any suggestion‐ from any source‐ that the President counseled Michael Cohen to lie is categorically false." Giuliani is responding to a Buzzfeed News report saying that Trump directed Cohen to lie to Congress.

The report was based on information from two law enforcement officials with direct knowledge of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. The officials are not named in the story.

The report says Cohen said Trump directed him to lie and investigators have additional documents and testimony backing that up.

Related: Breitbart - Mueller: BuzzFeed Report Claiming Trump Directed Michael Cohen Testimony ‘Not Accurate’
The Daily Mail has President Trump’s tweets in response to these events.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  AllahSquish is a "GOP Eeyore. A STRONG Romney guy" with all that says. I skim his shit and move on. He's definitely a NeverTrumper
Posted by: Frank G   2019-01-19 19:34  

#9  Allahpundit dates back to the early days of the Iraq war. He was conservative back then but Trump caught Trump derangement syndromes somewhere back in 2016 (it was a hell of an outbreak, few of the infected ever recover).
Posted by: ruprecht   2019-01-19 18:41  

#8   Rest of the media knew it was a lie, spread it anyway.

Even if they have to retract it later, it still contributes to the overall impression they want to give.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-01-19 12:44  

#7  Honest Question: Who is Allahpundit, and why does he blog at an allegedly conservative site? The guy has gone way looney left in his pursuite of Anti-Trumpism. Ed Morrissey is pretty good, doesnt let his opinion of Trump interfere with straight up analysis. And unlike "AllahPundit" he has the guts to show his face and use his own name.

Why the secrecy "Allahpundit"? No courage to stand behind his words? The GTFO and go to Buzzfeed where they like liars like you.
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891   2019-01-19 12:06  

#6  "BOTTOM LINE OF WHAT HAPPENDED:

Buzzfeed knew it published a lie. Rest of the media knew it was a lie, spread it anyway. The story was BS, They knew it. We all did.

BUT they figured there was no way they could be caught.

Because no one dreamed Mueller would fact check them."

More here.
Posted by: Fat Bob Glaise8594   2019-01-19 10:49  

#5  Anything yet from Mueller on the validity of Christopher Steele's dossier?

Mueller team disputes BuzzFeed report claiming Trump told Cohen to lie
Posted by: Fat Bob Glaise8594   2019-01-19 10:33  

#4  Anything yet from Mueller on the validity of Christopher Steele's dossier ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-01-19 10:26  

#3  BuzzFeed’s Trump Story Latest In Long List Of Russia Bombshells That Weren’t

A nice list of hubristic wishcasting with anonymous sourcing
Posted by: Frank G   2019-01-19 10:23  

#2  Dear media, just a reminder.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-01-19 08:00  

#1  OK, now lets watch Congress investigate anyway.

Nobody should believe FuzzPeed after the lies about the "Trump Dossier", and this puts a nail in the lid -another partisan hack lie, spread by the partisan hacks at Buzzfeed and Gawker.
Posted by: Vespasian Unairt7733   2019-01-19 01:10  

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