counsel earlier today had off the record concerns about the buzz feed story and clearly those concerns were serious enough to prompt the special counsel to go on the record tonight saying, quote, buzz feed s description of specific statements to the special counsel s office and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office regarding michael cohen s testimony are not accurate. that is critical because buzz feed laid this at the door of the special counsel saying, quote, the special counsel s office learned about trump s directive for cohen to lie to congress to interviews with multiple witnesses from the trump organization and internal company emails, text messages and the cash of other documents. one of the reporters who wrote the piece admitted he never saw the alleged damning documents but he did say the special counsel is the one who brought this to michael cohen. he presented this to him or impacted questions based off of
received detailed and regular updates from cohen on the status of the project. buzzfeed also said that according to its sources, quote, the special counsel s office learned about trump s directive for cohen to lie to congress through interviews with multiple witnesses from the trump organization and internal company e-mails, text messages, and a cache of other documents. rudy giuliani pushed back on the buzzfeed story. tonight, the special counsel s office made a very rare move of issuing a public statement. it reads, quote, buzzfeed s description of specific statements to the special counsel s office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding michael cohen s congressional testimony are not accurate. the editor in chief responded in quote in response for the special counsel s spokesman, we stand by our reporting and the sources who informed it, and we urge the special counsel to make
tower moscow project and how involved trump and his family were. remember, mike the cohen has pled guilty lying to congress about that. the buzzfeed reporting is that trump directed cohen to make those false statements. buzzfeed reports that, quote, the special counsel s office learned about trump s directive for cohen to lie to congress through interviews with multiple witnesses from the trump organization and internal company e-mails, text messages and a cache of other documents, and buzzfeed further reports that cohen then confirmed this to mueller s team. again, that the president directed him to lie to congress to cover up at least some aspect of the trump tower moscow project. that s what the week has been like. now tonight just as we were getting on the air, after a day in which multiple members of congress described the buzzfeed report as if true the most serious allegations against trump yet. if true definitely the grounds for impeachment. if true, an inflection point
from cohen on the status of the project. buzzfeed also said that according to its sources, quote, the special counsel s office learned about trump s directive for cohen to lie to congress through interviews with multiple witnesses from the trump organization and internal company e-mails, text messages, and a cache of other documents. earlier today trump lawyer rudy giuliani pushed back on the buzzfeed story. tonight, the special counsel s office made a very rare move of issuing a public statement. it reads, quote, buzzfeed s description of specific statements to the special counsel s office and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office regarding michael cohen s congressional testimony are not accurate. buzzfeed s editor in chief responded with this statement, quote, in response to the special counsel s spokesman, we stand by our reporting and the sources who informed it, and we urge the special counsel to make clear what he s disputing.
the special counsel s office and federall prosecutors in manhatn are scrutinizing a meeting involving former house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes, one-time national security adviser michael flynn, and dozens of foreign officials, according to three sources familiar with the investigations. the investigation is about a breakfast event at the trump hotel in washington two days before the trump inauguration. the event came to the attention of t prosecutors who were investigating possible misuse of funds by the trump inaugural committee. michael flynn, of course, has already pleaded guilty to lying to thed fbi and has been cooperating with investigators. this is the first time devin nunes s name has surfaced in reports concerning the special prosecutor s investigation, and so robertec mueller s investigation continues and none of us really know exactly what he is investigating, who he is investigating or how many different things and cases and episodes he is investigating,