Remember, cohen falsely told lawmakers contact with russian nationals on the project ended before the february 2016 iowa caucuses. He said, quote, i made these misstatements, he told the judge, to be consistent with individual 1s and political message and out of loyalty toied 1. The only question, did his boss, donald trump, tell him to do it . Buzzfeed was and still is report tag Robert Mueller has evidence he did. Muellers office is saying this, quote, buzzfeeds description of statements to special counsels office and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office regarding Michael Cohens congressional testimony are not accurate. That was where things stood going into the weekend. Then Rudy Guiliani took to the air waves and spoke to the New York Times and the waters got muddy. We will bring that you in a moment. After a short swim in the Crystal Clear waters of what candidate and prthelect trump actually said about whether or not he had any dealings in russia. I
Good evening. We begin tonight with a question. Is President Trumps tv lawyer Rudy Guiliani really bad at his job, or is he just very, very good at muddying the waters . Keeping them honest, whichever it is, he was back at it again today and over the weekend. First, quickly, some background, not withstanding the water muddying and smoke blowing the central facts were pretty clear. When we left you friday night, Robert Muellers office had taken a rare step of disputing some aspects of a report in buzzfeed that President Trump had instructed his former corporate attorney general michael coalen to lie to congress about the real estate deal the Trump Organization was pursuing in moscow. Remember, cohen falsely told lawmakers contact with russian nationals on the project ended before the february 2016 iowa caucuses. He said, quote, i made these misstatements, he told the judge, to be consistent with individual ones political messaging and out of loyalty to individual one. He lied, he says,