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Mueller then went through the trouble of bringing cohen back to court in federal court again and charging him for that false testimony while simultaneously telling the judge, hey, dont give him any extra time in jail for this. he really is helping us. hes being great. this is not worth one extra day in jail, okay, judge? when "buzzfeed" published this story late last night about cohens false testimony to congress, this bombshell story that lit up the news cycle all day today, the narrative of "b...

Indictment. >> uh-huh. >> so this isnt coming out of a blue sky. this is a line of reporting that has been repeatedly vindicated. >> ben smith, "buzzfeeds" editor-in-chief at a very kinetic moment in "buzzfeed" right now. ben, thank you very much for being with us. appreciate it. >> thank you, rachel. >> all right, so this has been a rollicking day on this story. this bombshell pushback from the special counsels office on "buzzfeeds" bombshell reporting has created a bunch of questions. i mean, ...

Felonies he already pled to and specifically for no additional punishment. if that lying to congress charge was not laying the predicate for other people to be charged with related crimes, i mean, with this pushback from the special counsels office on "buzzfeeds" report tonight, if that means thats not where this was going after all, then how do they explain that part of the story? how do we understand that random standalone no punishment after the fact charge brought by mueller even after it wa...

There had been a lot of speculation as to whether it would be sealed or whether it would be public-facing. that was a very minor comment from the special counsel but it was super helpful for all of us planning to cover that development in the paul manafort case. but we think thats kind of it. we think thats the universe of the number of times the special counsels office has made an on the record comment to a reporter. but now tonight they have really put out a big one. they have said this, pushi...

I cant wait for the dance off because you know im going to can kick your butt. >> that will be one of the few moments that dont bring us closer together. >> have a great weekend. stay warm. >> you too. ill talk to you soon. heres our big story tonight. robert muellers office in an extremely rare comment saying tonight that "buzzfeeds" description alleging that president trump directed michael con to lie to congress, theyre saying its inaccurate. quote "buzzfeeds" description to the special cou...

"buzzfeeds" reporting, just wreet brand new op-ed calling for impeachment proceedings to begin. first as someone who wrote the special counsel regulations. and i want to refer you back to what chris murphy said today. there is an increasing sense i think of urgency and democratic tension building about the nature of an inquiry being conducted in secret for in the midst of what is fundamentally a public matter of the utmost import that all of ous need to know about. >> yeah. thats obviously a pro...

Had evidence that cohen committed that crime and evidence trump directed him to commit that crime, it would make sense that they brought him back into court. because then the reason they would have brought him back into court is because they were laying the predicates with the courts, in fact, here on the record is cohen pleading guilty to lying to congress. that would then set them up basically so they could subsequently charge another person with directing cohen to commit that crime. you cant ...

Has created a bunch of questions. i mean, you heard me discuss some of them there with ben in terms of those reporters standing by the story, what he says that these reporters absolutely pushed our understanding in terms of what the trump tower moscow scandal is. its true they did the definitive reporting in terms of us understanding how big the trump tower moscow project was, how long it went on for. it was "buzzfeeds" reporting on that story that i think laid the groundwork for us to understan...

The entire scandal surrounding this presidency from the outset. that "if true" caveat tonight itself blew up when the special counsels office made this exceedingly rare public statement in response to the "buzzfeed" reporting. ""buzzfeeds" description of special statements -- excuse me. "buzzfeeds" description of specific statements to the special counsels office and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office regarding michael cohens congressional testimony are not accur...

But the government finds a way to help reporters get right and robert muellers office is not doing that and this is the result. >> thank you so much for making time here at the top as were rolling with this crazy news day. for more on the consequences of "buzzfeeds" reporting, just wreet brand new op-ed calling for impeachment proceedings to begin. first as someone who wrote the special counsel regulations. and i want to refer you back to what chris murphy said today. there is an increasing sens...