special counsel with useful information concerning certain discrete russia related matters core to his investigation that he obtained by virtue of his regular contact with trump organization executives during the campaign. so we don't know what this is, but cohen gave the special counsel useful information about certain discrete russia-related matters core to mueller's investigation. he obtained this information because of his contact with people who worked a the trump organization. so presumably, that means the president. that could also mean anybody else who was involved both in the campaign and the trump organization who had anything to do with russia. we do know that the president's eldest son don jr. did go to the trump tower meeting with russian lawyers promising dirt on hillary clinton. the special counsel also says that cohen provided relevant and useful information regarding his contacts with persons connected to the white house during 2017 and 2018. so apparently cohen's helpfulness has not just been