about it. remember that explosive buzzfeed account that got so much attention that then robert mueller actually distanced himself from and said it wasn't true. that was saying the president of the united states had directed michael cohen to lie. you seized on it and said that was one of the most serious accusations to date you heard, you tweeted. well, he puts more details on that in his opening statement. mr. trump did not directly tell me to lie to congress. that's not how he operates. in conversations we had during the campaign at the same time i was actively negotiating in russia for him. he would look me in the eye and tell me there is no business in russia and go out and lie to the american people by saying the same thing n. his way, he was telling me to lie. >> that is obviously less overt and less direct than the way buzzfeed had depicted it. so does that change how you see it now? >> you know what i said at the time, yes, these were serious allegations. i said at the time these may