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This story says unconfirmed by cnn that bob mueller has multiple witnesses on this and the white house going to an old favorite of zeroing in on cohen. >> you hit the nail on the head. his is one of the situations where the president has tweeted this morning the press office has weighed in and so far the responses have been around the edges of the story and not a denial of the core allegations in the buzz feed article. the president tweeted this morning going after his old lawyer michael cohen. ...

Reduced sentence. >> reporter: the white house denied the report. >> thats absolutely ridiculous. the presidents outside counsel addressed this best and said in a statement earlier today thats categorically false. >> reporter: this a statement, the presidents attorney also repeating the line that michael cohen is a convicted criminal and liar. if buzzfeeds report is true, the presidents pick for attorney general william barr told senators tuesday, a situation like that could be a felony, obstruc...

Directed michael cohen to lie to congress about a proposed trump tower moscow project. buzzfeeds sources, two law enforcement officials, say the president instructed cohen to say negotiations to build the tower ended months before they actually did. the sources say cohen confirmed to special counsel robert muellers team that, yes, the president issued the order to lie to congress. buzzfeed reports muellers office learned about it through interviews with multiple witnesses with the trump organiza...

Personally directed his then lawyer michael cohen to lie to congress about efforts to build a trump tower in moscow, the key offense at issue is what is known as encouraging perjury, witness tampering, obstruction of justice. >> it is important for us to know that neither cnn nor any other major news outlet has so far confirmed buzz feeds reporting and president trumps current lawyer says if you believe cohen i can get you a great deal on the brooklyn bridge. thats not an outright denial. it is ...

Possible -- he may turn around and say the opposite in 20 minutes. its not that significant to have him come on the record except for the fact we hadnt had it from other sources in the trump team. other folks attacking buzzfeed rather than denying the content of the buzzfeed report. >> i get your point. rudy giuliani, like michael cohen, has not been a credible witness, if you will. theres been a lot of things hes said and changed his story and then denying changing his story and you can play th...

What are you learning? >> reporter: if you read between the lines of the court filings, buzzfeeds reporting fits. muellers team said that michael cohen clued them in about how he prepared for what turned out to be false congressional testimony. now buzzfeed is saying, its the president who coached cohen and directed him to lie. the revelation is prompting democrats to say impeachment is a possibility if the reports are true and even possible indictment. tonight, explosive new claims that the pre...

Senate. with republicans, thats likely not the case. >> good point. phil mud, buzzfeed reports they have other witnesses, e-mails, texts, documents that corroborate what michael cohen is saying. in muellers sentencing memo, as far as michael cohen, mueller writes this. cohen provided relevant and useful information concerning his contacts with persons connected to the white house during the 2017/2018 time period. and thenned ed adds, cohen des preparing and circulating his response to the congre...

A book that youre ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! were back with breaking news. the white house responding to an allegation that could threaten the trump presidency. the press secretary denying a buzzfeed news report that mr. trump directed michael cohen to lie to congress about the trump tower moscow project. if the report proves true -- we have not confirmed that report -- it would suggest the special counsel may be making a case the ...

The other thing, and this is also usually significant, is that buzz feed says that michael cohen and the president met some ten times, ten times over this deal over the moscow project. hugely significant because obviously the president has sought to down-play any role he may have had in this project. now, timing in all of this is potentially the next attorney general just testifying days ago here on capitol hill was asked about this issue, if the president would suborn perjury or if he was invol...

Back now with buzz feeds stunning headline that president trump quote personally instructed his then attorney and fixer michael cohen to lie to congress about the moscow trump tower project during the heat of the campaign. cnn has not independently confirmed this. if it were to be true it means the president told someone to lie under oath which is a crime and is impeachable. joining me now is carl burnstein. thank you for taking the time this morning. >> good to be with you. >> with the proviso ...