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Of course, they dont want to ruin or, you know, harm the investigation. but there is no -- theres no logical reason why hearings couldnt be held. and under the constitution, that is what impeachment is. it isnt throwing donald trump out of office. its allowing hearings where the public can start to understand the narrative of what was done, potentially to our election, to elect donald trump and what he did while in office. >> yeah, and as were going to discuss later in the show, thats the way it...

And its a pity that now we are being distracted by what might have been a mistake by buzzfeed or might be an unclear statement by mueller. but i think at the end of the day, whether we have house democrats investigating this or mueller giving us some more information, we will get the truth of what really happened. and that will be the issue, not how it was covered. >> and elizabeth drew, it might be benton bradley who has the very best line about how people out there and editors in these situati...

Of new york, where he has already pleaded guilty. he has already been sentenced there. donald trump has been identified there in effect as an unindicted co conspirator, referred to in the documents as individual one. one of the blooming theories of the hour this evening is that these federal officials -- federal officials quoted in this are from the southern district of new york as opposed to muellers team. does that -- when you read the buzzfeed article, does that read as possible to you? >> no...

Puppet they take out whenever they want to seem like there is somebody who theyre not. >> yeah, as far as i can tell so far, theres not one sentence of agreement on what infrastructure legislation would be between democrats and donald trump. >> absolutely. >> yeah. thank you very much, rachel. >> thanks, have a good weekend. >> thank you. if true, those are the important words of the night. if true, thats the phrase that we always use when discussing stories that arent yet proven to be true. a...

Paragraph buried in a sentencing memorandum that was filed by cohens lawyers in november that specifically says he lied to congress at the direction of client one. which is donald trump. now, there are other parts of what michael cohen said in court that day where he discussed why he lied to congress, where he doesnt say it was did he direction of donald trump. but its possible that he was under instructions not to say that at that time. we just dont know. but what we do know is that robert muel...

Exactly what the special prosecutors office is disputing within that reporting. robert muellers spokesperson issued a written statement, saying buzzfeeds description of specific statements to the special counsels office and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office regarding michael cohens congressional testimony are not accurate. buzzfeed issued a statement standing by its reporting, and then issued a second statement, asking the special prosecutor to specify what is n...

And, in fact, theres a paragraph buried in a sentencing memorandum that was filed by cohens lawyers in november that specifically says he lied to congress at the direction of client one. which is donald trump. now, there are other parts of what michael cohen said in court that day where he discussed why he lied to congress, where he doesnt say it was did he direction of donald trump. but its possible that he was under instructions not to say that at that time. we just dont know. but what we do k...

Special prosecutors statement tonight. any chance of that happening? >> no. i dont think so. and look, i feel for buzzfeed. i think robert muellers strategy of saying nothing about anything ever, even off the record, is very frustrating. i mean, even the central intelligence agency will give reporters a steer at times if they think theyre about to get something horribly wrong. and if mueller had done that in this case, perhaps buzzfeed would have been more cautious and could have avoided this wh...

Characterized something that cohen allegedly said to the mueller team. the mueller team is very tight-lipped. they do not leak. and, you know, one could assume that maybe what theyre also trying to project and telegraph is, do not write a story in which youre projecting that we have now -- members of the mueller team have leaked information to buzzfeed, right? i mean, when michael cohen pleaded guilty in the southern district of new york, he said himself, as he stood up and spoke to the judge, t...

Somebody who theyre not. >> yeah, as far as i can tell so far, theres not one sentence of agreement on what infrastructure legislation would be between democrats and donald trump. >> absolutely. >> yeah. thank you very much, rachel. >> thanks, have a good weekend. >> thank you. if true, those are the important words of the night. if true, thats the phrase that we always use when discussing stories that arent yet proven to be true. and thats the language that i used here repeatedly last night a...