statement in the court of december of last year i want to arc apologize to the people of the united states. you deserve to know the truth. a month later buzz feed news ran a story that was the story in the country for a couple of days. buzz feed story ran january 17, 2019, on january 18th, your counsel went on tv and wouldn't confirm or deny the story. the next day the special counsel's office did something that's never happened, never happened. they said the description of specific statements to the special counsel's office and the characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office regarding michael cohen's congressional testimony are not accurate. why didn't your lawyer the day that he's on tv when this story is the biggest thing in the news in the country, why didn't he deny the buzz feed story? >> because i didn't think it was his responsibility to do that. we are not the fact checkers for buzz feed. >> he's on tv to talk about the very story. you committed to the court. when you were trying to get your sentence reduced that the american people deserved to know the truth, you had the golden