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Dossier which had been published at that time after buzzfeed -- take a look. >> it is hard to believe that he ran to a hotel to meet with our girls of a low social class. although they are the best in the world -- >> the best in the world. and cnn covered this comment when it happened, im sure all of the other media did and as a trump watcher and observer, do you think saw this on tv an internalized it this is what putin told him, we have the most beautiful prostitutes in the world or do you thi...

Took a lot of flak for publishing the so-called steele dossier. trump seized on this passage, which alleged that trump lawyer michael cohen had a secret meeting with kremlin officials in prague. cohen clammed he had never been to prague and sued saying his reputation had been damaged. then last week mcclatchy reported that robert mueller has evidence that cohen was in prague in 2016. today trumps embattled lawyer dropped his lawsuit against buzz feed and fuse gps. joining us is ben smith. whats ...

That comes out in the court. but on the other hand, if there is an impeachment here, if theres a mueller report as opposed to a mueller prosecution, that is already a public process. >> right. >> so to some degree, its not a surprise that all of this is fleshed out as it is. >> that was really illuminating. thank you both for making the time tonight. >> thank you. still to come, why did president trumps attorney suddenly drop his defamation suit against buzzfeed? buzzfeed editor in chief ben s...

And had he owned buzz feed as a result of this lawsuit he would consider keeping me employed. >> theres a certain milieu that is hard -- you grew up in new york city around journalism. i grew up in new york city. theres a certain milieu of new york hustler tabloid figures who are both like suing everyone and trying to make deals with the same people theyre suing and talking to the press about it that is such a specific time and so what michael cohen and donald trump are. >> yes but when some of ...

And that may be the way to get him out. but doj released the memos, so what now? >> ive been told nothing that suggests to me that rod rosensteins job security is fundamentally changed from the release of those memos. the president doesnt trust him, doesnt like him. wants to get rid of him. very much fixated on that. but, again, its complicated legally and politically. and that keeps him in this sort of holding pattern. >> all right, jonathan swan of axios, always good to have you on. see you so...

People will ever have complete confidence that they know the truth about whether the president did or didnt do something. and thats what we need is to have a conclusion to this that says, this is the facts. >> exactly. >> this is the truth. >> yeah. its such a good point. that is the ultimate result here that matters the most. whatever those facts end up being, that just we know what happened. thank you both for being here. stay where you are. we have a very big night coming your way right her...

That was dropped by michael cohen. he had spoken aggressively about what he was going to do to buzz feed. he might keep you on after he owned buzz feed. why did he drop it now? >> i think -- you would really have to ask him why he dropped it. i do think one thing thats changed since we pub accomplished bsh published it, since donald trump made those remarks it has become pretty clear to a lot of us that the dossier was of public interest and the central investigation of the russia story. a lot o...

And i think they ought to apologize to start with, michael cohen. >> that was the president early last year giving buzz feed the type of endorsement he usually saves for amazon and "the new york times." the presidents pe as personal attorney, michael cohen, threatened to sue buzz feed after it publish the steele dossier. but with other issues on his place, cohen announced he is dropping his suit against buzz feed. im willie geist. joe and mika are back on monday. john heilemann and donny deuts...

Intended to. let it go to its natural conclusion and follow all the leads. thats the only way the american people will ever have complete confidence that they know the truth about whether the president did or didnt do something. and thats what we need is to have a conclusion to this that says, this is the facts. >> exactly. >> this is the truth. >> yeah. its such a good point. that is the ultimate result here that matters the most. whatever those facts end up being, that just we know what happen...

Thought i was doing a good job and had he owned buzz feed as a result of this lawsuit he would consider keeping me employed. >> theres a certain milieu that is hard -- you grew up in new york city around journalism. i grew up in new york city. theres a certain milieu of new york hustler tabloid figures who are both like suing everyone and trying to make dpaeeals with th same people theyre suing and talking to the press about it that is such a specific time and so what michael cohen and donald tr...