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Buzzfeeds regulatporting when refused to rule out that he had talked to michael cohen before his congressional testimony. >> as far as i know, president trump did not have discussions with him, certainly had no discussions with him which much he told him to lie. if he had any discussions with him, they would be about the version of the events that michael cohen gave them which they all believe was true. >> you just acknowledged that its possible that president trump talked to michael cohen about...

>> what we know about the campaign and the candidate. "all in" starts. >> why not yes, we are diverse and we have so much more in common than what separates us. good evening from new york. im chris hayes. key questions about the presidents purity of a real estate deal in russia during the 2016 campaign and his lawyers efforts to hide that deal from the public are once again front and center. now, things have only gotten more confusing in the wake of buzzfeeds explosive report last week that th...

Had been published, the presidents own lawyers, quote, raised concerns in a letter to the special counsels office before it released its own statement disputing buzzfeeds report. another thing for sure is that the presidents company was continuing to pursue a deal in moscow seeking putins approval far later than they diflgd to the public. we dont know the truth about whether the president intervened directly with michael cohen to try to cover it up, even after the special counsels denial, buzzfe...

That changed on friday when carr issued a statement on the record disputing the accuracy of the buzzfeed story about trump directing cohen to lie to congress. its been followed now by a number of stories that appear to be sourced to people inside muellers office explaining their rationale off the record. now the question becomes since muellers office has spoke up in response to one story, what to make of their silence for all the others. joining me is the author of that peter carr man of mystery...

It is all wildly confusing, even, frankly, for someone who follows it for a living. lets take a step back and look at what we know for sure. whether or not buzzfeeds report turns out to be true, there does seem to be widespread consensus the president instruct ing a witness to lie to congress would cross an obvious bright red line. it would constitute an impeachable offense and thats thats what drove the freakout over buzzfeeds story. that freakout we now know included the presidents legal team....

Michael cohen to lie to congress about the so-called moscow project. that was knocked down in a remarkable but somewhat ambiguously worded statement from the office of special counsel robert mueller. and then since then, the presidents lawyer, rudy giuliani, has made things even worse by claiming and then retracting information material to both the russia probe and the future of this presidency. it is all wildly confusing, even, frankly, for someone who follows it for a living. lets take a step ...

And if we are ever late, well give you a automatic twenty dollar credit. my name is antonio and im a technician at comcast. were working to make things simple, easy and awesome. . until friday, the special counsels office was the most notoriously silent major operation in all washington, d.c. not only did it never leak, peter carr, its official spokesperson basically never gave a comment. so notorious was his tight-lipped approach, yahoo called him a man of mystery. that changed on friday when...

This at the at the same time it appears there were going on. the contradiction catches the eye of the prosecutor. shifting stories tends to show something that gets referred to as consciousness of guilt. they know theyve done something wrong, which is why they have to lie about it. at one point president trump said this business was very legal and very cool. if it was, then why were you lying about it? why were you telling different stories about it? that seems to suggest the truth is something ...

Upon doras box. the shutdown continues zim proud to shut down the government. >> as a white house envolkswavo senator kamala harris makes it official. >> i am running for president of the united states. and im very excited about it. >> what we know about the campaign and the candidate. "all in" starts. >> why not yes, we are diverse y and we have so much more in common than what separates us. good evening from new york. im chris hayes. key questions about the presidents purity of a real es...

Legal and very cool. if it was, then why were you lying about it? why were you telling different stories about it? that seems to suggest the truth is something even worse than the risk of being caught in a lie >> its a great point, barbara. we dont know what in the buzzfeed story ends up being true or not. but one of the details is the idea of ten face-to-face briefings between michael cohen and the president on trump tower. thats a very front of mind kind of thing. theres a kind of motive that ...