Buzzfeed’s story that President Trump ordered Michael Cohen to lie to Congress is a lie.
The Democrats and corrupt liberal media bought it and ran with it all day. Tonight they too are exposed.
This false report is so egregious that Mueller’s Office of Special Counsel has issued an official statement that the Buzzfeed untruthful report “is not accurate”.
Mueller team disputes BuzzFeed report claiming Trump told Cohen to lie
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Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office on Friday issued a rare statement disputing a bombshell news report claiming President Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie about the timing of discussions over a proposed Trump Tower project in Moscow.
“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,” Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller’s office, said Friday.
In a story published Thursday, BuzzFeed cited two unnamed federal law enforcement officials involved in an investigation on the matter who said Cohen acknowledged to Mueller’s office that he was instructed by Trump in 2017 to lie to Congress about the now-abandoned real estate deal to build a Trump Tower in Russia.
The report said Mueller’s office first learned of the directive from interviews with witnesses from the Trump Organization and internal company email, text messages and documents.
The report, which has not been confirmed by Fox News, was immediately dismissed by President Trump’s legal team.
"Any suggestion – from any source – that the President counseled Michael Cohen to lie is categorically false. Michael Cohen is a convicted criminal and a liar," Giuliani said. "... Today’s claims are just more made-up lies born of Michael Cohen’s malice and desperation, in an effort to reduce his sentence."
But the report was enough to spark immense interest from Democrats on Capitol Hill who called for renewed investigations and even suggesting the allegations could form the basis for impeachment proceedings.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., who would be at the center of any future impeachment push but so far has taken a reserved approach toward that possibility, fired a warning shot on the heels of the report on Friday morning.
“We know that the President has engaged in a long pattern of obstruction. Directing a subordinate to lie to Congress is a federal crime,” Nadler tweeted. “The @HouseJudiciary Committee’s job is to get to the bottom of it, and we will do that work.”
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., whose committee is already investigating the president and his ties to Russia, called the allegations in the report “the most serious to date.”
“The allegation that the President of the United States may have suborned perjury before our committee in an effort to curtail the investigation and cover up his business dealings with Russia is among the most serious to date,” Schiff said in a statement. “We will do what’s necessary to find out if it’s true.”
Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., said the House should begin to “establish a record” of whether Trump “committed high crimes,” repeatedly hinting on Twitter at impeachment proceedings.
“Based on the Buzzfeed report and numerous other articles showing @realDonaldTrump committed Obstruction of Justice and other possible felonies, it is time for the House Judiciary Committee to start holding hearings to establish a record of whether @POTUS committed high crimes,” Lieu tweeted.
Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, called for Trump to leave office or face impeachment if the report is accurate.
“If the @BuzzFeed story is true, President Trump must resign or be impeached,” he said.
The BuzzFeed report alleges for the first time that Trump directed Cohen to lie in his congressional testimony, though according to court documents and the statements Cohen made publicly, he has acknowledged that his actions were taken out of “loyalty” to the president.
In November, Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about the Trump real estate project in Russia as part of Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling and potential collusion with Trump campaign associates in the 2016 presidential election.
Cohen entered a plea deal with the special counsel to cooperate on “any and all matters” deemed relevant. The maximum prison sentence for Cohen is five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
In court in November, after entering his plea, Cohen acknowledged his work for Trump as counsel and adviser.
In a separate case brought by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York, Cohen pleaded guilty to breaking campaign finance laws by helping orchestrate payments to former Playboy model Karen McDougal and porn star Stormy Daniels in exchange for their silence about alleged sexual encounters with the president while he was married. Prosecutors and Cohen himself said the former Trump fixer orchestrated those payments at Trump's direction.
Cohen is slated to appear for public testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Feb. 7.
Fox News' Jake Gibson and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
Jason Leopold, the Co-author of story has a fake news past
Jason Leopold, whose name appeared first on the byline of the story, has a serious credibility problem.
The Columbia Journalism Review has documented that Leopold has been “caught making stuff up” on more than one occasion and “had his own memoir cancelled because of concerns over the accuracy of quotations.”
So then you believe Mueller’s office?
There is no fake news, only the news you choose. The images may be distorted, but they are all a reflection of you. Welcome to the funhouse.
[Edited on 1/19/2019 by BrerRabbit]
Absolute ninja move by Mueller. Trump walked right into it.
There is no fake news, only the news you choose. The images may be distorted, but they are all a reflection of you. Welcome to the funhouse.
Bingo.
The way that confirmation bias has changed the political world is a master class in and of itself, and is also the main driver in the creation of the Post-Truth Era.
Unless the MSM raises the bar and stops publishing unsubstantiated rubbish site like "buzzfeed" will follow. Plus I believe regulation of fb and such is coming.
Unless the MSM raises the bar and stops publishing unsubstantiated rubbish site like "buzzfeed" will follow. Plus I believe regulation of fb and such is coming.
Sounds a lot like Fox News too; talk about something that needs "regulation".
Unless the MSM raises the bar and stops publishing unsubstantiated rubbish site like "buzzfeed" will follow. Plus I believe regulation of fb and such is coming.
What do think they run on FOX 24 hours a day?
Unless the MSM raises the bar and stops publishing unsubstantiated rubbish site like "buzzfeed" will follow. Plus I believe regulation of fb and such is coming.
What do think they run on FOX 24 hours a day?
Fox News reports factual news and it the most trusted and most watched.
The lefties loved the Buzzfeed lie and when it was proven to be crap they ignore that it even happened.
Never heard of Buzzfeed until this thread.
Never heard of Buzzfeed until this thread.
See the corrupt liberal media or Fake News.
Bussfeed were the ones who posted the Trump Dossier which was known to be fake, financed by the DNC and the Hillary Clinton Campaign and used as the basis for the fraudulently obtained FISA warrant used by Obama's corrupt DOJ and FBI to spy on a presidential campaign.
So where has it been proven the FISA warrant was "fraudulent"? Must have missed that one.... which right wing site will you use to prove that one? LOL 
See the corrupt liberal media or Fake News.
No thanks, not necessary. I am sure you will post it here, since you pay so much attention to the media.
So where has it been proven the FISA warrant was "fraudulent"? Must have missed that one.... which right wing site will you use to prove that one? LOL
Reporting from legitimate investigative reporters Sara Carter and John Solomon as well as U.S. Attorney John Huber have all proven the FISA warrant was obtained by Obama's corrupt DOJ and FBI using the fraudulent "Trump Dossier".
Just put Obama & Hillary in there.Then I am sure the country will flourish,we can all hold hand's and sing,the planet will heal itself,peace will spread thru out the world,all the illegal's will be happy and provided for,all gun's will be happily turned in and.Man i gotta stop.I am getting a warm feeling running up my leg like Chris Mathew's did when Hussein was elected.How about ya'll? Does not the thought of Madam Hillary and Lord Obama just give ya goose bump's all over and a feeling of sheer joy?
There I am done.Was constipated really bad.But thinking and typing those line's flushed out the pipe's real quick!
Oh yeah,one more thing.I did a quick run thru on this statement.And i did not see where I mentioned or singled out anyone here on this site.So if anyone want's or feel's the urge to throw personal insult's my way.Well that's on you & Rowland's watch. 10 4?
So where has it been proven the FISA warrant was "fraudulent"? Must have missed that one.... which right wing site will you use to prove that one? LOL
Reporting from legitimate investigative reporters Sara Carter and John Solomon as well as U.S. Attorney John Huber have all proven the FISA warrant was obtained by Obama's corrupt DOJ and FBI using the fraudulent "Trump Dossier".
Proven where? In court? More and more things from the dossier are proving to be true... So no warrant has been thrown out.... Try again.... I'm sure you can just keep repeating your talking points...lol
[Edited on 1/21/2019 by Sang]
Man i gotta stop.I am getting a warm feeling running up my leg
Thinking about Dickey again?
Oh yeah,one more thing.I did a quick run thru on this statement.And i did not see where I mentioned or singled out anyone here on this site.So if anyone want's or feel's the urge to throw personal insult's my way.Well that's on you & Rowland's watch. 10 4?
The Dickey stalker is a victim everyone.
Just put Obama & Hillary in there.Then I am sure the country will flourish,we can all hold hand's and sing,the planet will heal itself,peace will spread thru out the world,all the illegal's will be happy and provided for,all gun's will be happily turned in and.Man i gotta stop.I am getting a warm feeling running up my leg like Chris Mathew's did when Hussein was elected.How about ya'll? Does not the thought of Madam Hillary and Lord Obama just give ya goose bump's all over and a feeling of sheer joy?
There I am done.Was constipated really bad.But thinking and typing those line's flushed out the pipe's real quick!Oh yeah,one more thing.I did a quick run thru on this statement.And i did not see where I mentioned or singled out anyone here on this site.So if anyone want's or feel's the urge to throw personal insult's my way.Well that's on you & Rowland's watch. 10 4?
I can post all the dumb sh!t I want and if anyone makes fun of it Rowland will punish them for being mean.
HAHAHAHAHAA.
Can't do a thing to me, I never mentioned anyone else.
Double edged sword, as it were.
So where has it been proven the FISA warrant was "fraudulent"? Must have missed that one.... which right wing site will you use to prove that one? LOL
Reporting from legitimate investigative reporters Sara Carter and John Solomon as well as U.S. Attorney John Huber have all proven the FISA warrant was obtained by Obama's corrupt DOJ and FBI using the fraudulent "Trump Dossier".
Proven where? In court? More and more things from the dossier are proving to be true... So no warrant has been thrown out.... Try again.... I'm sure you can just keep repeating your talking points...lol
Interesting that the more information we find out with time, the more we find the information in the dossier is proven to be true, and NOTHING in the dossier has be disproven. Here is a recent and fair article on the subjext:
https://www.lawfareblog.com/steele-dossier-retrospective
