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>> tucker: okay. make sure we have this clear. trump directed michael cohen to lie. he personally instructed him to lie. he explicitly told him. those are the claims from buzz feed. did michael cohen really do that? heres his act again. >> did the president in any way coach you in terms of how to respond to questions or the contents of your testimony before a house committee? >> again its difficult to answer. he doesnt tell you what he wants. what he does, again, michael, there is no russia. the...

Buzz feed never retracted the piece. the site pretended that nothing happened. you can yell at a cat but cant make it pay attention. the key quotes from the january buzz feed story. trump directed michael cohen to lie to congress and the president personally instructed him to lie." and one again, the first example of trump telling a subordinant to lie about his own dealings with russia. thats the claim. democratic members of congress asked michael cohen last week about that specific claim. cohen...

He is also saying we now have a basis to disregard and wipe from the record the entire mueller investigation because its not necessary to prove collusion. these are the same people screaming from the rooftops for two years saying we need to preserve this. now they say it doesnt matter. its an about-face. but because the media is so blinkered by the trump fixation i think your exchange with ben smith illustrated as well. i watched that with my jaw on the floor. you referred to buzz feed as a cat ...

Token. we have found out miss patton has been campaigning to get a reality tv show of her own. its no sin. everybody watching is doing that these days. but it adds to the media circus. howie: cohens account of various racist comments by president trump would be explosive. but in this presidency we are used to that. sara: this is a breakthrough moment. a hearing thats supposed to have so much power is being sidetracked around this conversation around race. but it will be something that well proba...

To lie to congress. michael cohen disputed that. michael cone was asked about this having to do with his account about the trump tour moscow project. here is what he said. >> so i lied about it, too. mr. trump made clear to me through his personal statements to me and through his lies to the country that he wanted me to lie. howie: cohen is saying he didnt directly tell me to do this, i interpreted this as his intent. guy: the "buzzfeed" story is problematic for "buzzfeed." they reported trump d...

They have. the two reporters on that piece. one of them said they had seen documentation that proved this directive occurred. one of them said they had seen it and the other said they had not seen it. howie: even if hes telling the truth as he seize it, thats not what "buzzfeed" is reporting. clarence: the argument already started and continues. i call this issue a wash. its true, "buzzfeed" is on the defensive for good reason. they have to back up that story, if you will. but this whole affair ...

Token. we have found out miss patton has been campaigning to get a reality tv show of her own. its no sin. everybody watching is doing that these days. but it adds to the media circus. howie: cohens account of various racist comments by president trump would be explosive. but in this presidency we are used to that. sara: this is a breakthrough moment. a hearing thats supposed to have so much power is being sidetracked around this conversation around race. but it will be something that well proba...

They have. the two reporters on that piece. one of them said they had seen documentation that proved this directive occurred. one of them said they had seen it and the other said they had not seen it. howie: even if hes telling the truth as he seize it, thats not what "buzzfeed" is reporting. clarence: the argument already started and continues. i call this issue a wash. its true, "buzzfeed" is on the defensive for good reason. they have to back up that story, if you will. but this whole affair ...

To lie to congress. michael cohen disputed that. michael cone was asked about this having to do with his account about the trump tour moscow project. here is what he said. >> so i lied about it, too. mr. trump made clear to me through his personal statements to me and through his lies to the country that he wanted me to lie. howie: cohen is saying he didnt directly tell me to do this, i interpreted this as his intent. guy: the "buzzfeed" story is problematic for "buzzfeed." they reported trump d...

You might remember headlines a few weeks ago about buzzfeed, buzzfeed prevailing in a libel case. buzzfeed published the christopher steele dossier. buzzfeed was sued by a russian guy whose name appeared in unredacted fashion in that dossier, that libel case against buzzfeed made headlines recently in december because that case, the libel case was not successful. buzzfeed won the case. the case is over, but now the judge in that case appears to have just ruled that a whole bunch of information a...