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Character ray donovan who does anything to protect the boss. >> weve done bad things, ray. ive asked you to fix things that should never have been fixed. >> youre upset. >> terrible things. >> terrible things. kinda funny that youd make that comparison yourself, but cohen leans into it. he even tweeted, #loyalty, #ray donovo donovan. but the fixer cant fix his own problems and they are stacking up. consider the wider eimplication. the man who preceded him, hes warning trump cohen will flip. "the...

Cohen was involved in the negotiations. >> if this litigation had continued, thats the first thing that would have happened. we would have sought to get documents and taken depositions, et cetera. >> and today michael cohen moved to drop a defamation lawsuit against buzz feed for accomplishing a copy of the infamous steele dossier. he described it as difficult but necessary given the events that have unfolded. we have dismissed the matters despite their merits. emily, when i was growing up there...

Trying to manipulate science. >> im just hearing about it now. >> but now we have a problem with big pasta. some canadian researchers came out with a study that said eating a lot of pasta does not make you unhealthy, does not make you gain weight. it was picked up by a lot of newspapers and outlets. but as buzzfeed noticed, they failed to pick up the fact that the researchers were paid by barilla, the largest maker of pasta. >> so am i supposed to have my catholic lunch tomorrow of mac and chees...

Report. >> robert costa, let me get your views on something that has grichl driven the president out of his mind since it was first published by buzzfeed. the presidents personal attorney dropped his lawsuit against buzzfeed and fusion gps who was one of the outside organizations originally hired by conservative republicans, ultimately that account taken over by democrats, put out a statement because they were partially responsible for gathering some of that information and retaining mr. steele ...

Cohen secret me met with kremlin officials in prague to clean up the mess left by manafort and then to talk about, quote, how deniable cash payments were made to hackers in europe who worked under kremlin direction against the clinton campaign. i read that to you, its not verified, but that is what collusion would look like if it were true. and i report to you accurately, cohen has denied it all. but almost a year later, after buzzfeed publishes that dossier and he sues for defamation, which at ...

That the white house asked for ahead of the meeting. he didnt get details about that. but the administration clearly taking this preparation very seriously, even as the president clearly wants to put on that unpredictable face that he feels will ultimately be productive with the high-stakes talks. >> a lot of controversial questions in the summit. well talk to bob corker about that coming up now. and it may, in fact, be playing into the confirmation decisions over mike pompeo. meanwhile, on the ...

>> in the report posted on buzzfeed it claims that trumps lawyer, michael cohen, met with kremlin representatives in prague in august of 2016. one small little itsy-bitsy problem. michael cohen has never been to prague. ever. >> wait a minute. am i allowed to look at it? i dont want to joke about it because its serious in your life. >> its very serious in my life. >> but this is your passport. >> yes, it is. >> lets go back to yesterday. you got called by mr. trump and mr. trump asked you? >> we...

In order to explain, heres how collusion might work. but that allegation about michael cohen in the steele dossier, it remains just an allegation. along with lots of other things in the dossier that are just still allegations. from the very first day christopher steeles dossier became public, michael cohen had a very simple rebuttal to that allegation about him in prague. and helpfully he knew a guy who could help him get his rebuttal out there. today we learned that that guy is also one of mich...

Cohen was in prague in 2016, possibly confirming part of the infamous steele dossier. mcclatchy reporting according to two sources familiar with the matter, there is evidence of cohens secret czech trip in late summer 2016. this could be one step in confirming a portion of christopher steeles dossier which accuses cohen of meeting with russian officials in prague to strategize on election meddling. at the time the dossier was published by buzzfeed, cohen tweeted a picture of his passport and wro...

The information that theyre looking for. >> reporter: during the campaign, when trump said he had no contact with russia, cohen was privately trying to cut a deal for a trump tower moscow. it never happened, but mueller has asked about it. >> the sad reality is that michael pursuing that trump tower deal in december is another factor that goes into this whole russian narrative. >> reporter: cohens name was in the infamous dossier which alleges he traveled to prague to meet with russians. he deni...