the president's attempts to distance himself from michael cohen and his former national security advisor, michael flynn. attempts that are often contradictory and obviously false. take cohen, this morning trump said michael cohen should have known better than to break campaign finance laws because cohen is a lawyer. but hours later trump tried to claim cohen was actually just a pr flack. >> first of all -- >> that was his title. >> very low level work. he did more public relations than he did law. he would see him on television, he was okay on television. >> in a matter of hours trump picked his own argument apart and then the president falsely claimed that michael flynn did not lie to the fbi. he did. and that prosecutors recommend flynn not serve any jail time because, quote, they're embarrassed. they're not. look. >> what's going on right now with general flynn? the fbi said he didn't lie. >> i saw your tweet on that. >> but mueller said he did lie.