counsel s office had evidence supporting the claim that the president directed michael cohen, his former attorney, to lie the congress about trump to tower moscow. our reporting is that trump s attorneys were concerned about this. they knew what they had turned over to the special counsel. according to them, this was nothing to support that claim, so they did reach out. rudy giuliani would not say exactly and what form that communication happened and what the substance of those communications were, but we are told, my colleague laura jarrett is told, that the special counsel s decision to release that statement knocking down the central prem nis this story that they have this corroborated evidence supporting that trump lied to sorry, that trump told cohen to lie to congress, they made that decision on their own to release that statement, so while trump s legal team did