on this. what this latest document points out is that michael cohen provided this false testimony in front of congress because he wanted to protect donald trump. the document said he did it in the hopes of limiting the investigations into possible russian interference in the 2016 u.s. presidential election, an issue of heightened national interest. i think the other thing that's interesting about cohen's lies around this moscow project is the filing from mule peller's oe notes there are a couple of ways cohen was helpful to the special counsel. one was talking about his contacts with people connected to the white house during 2017 and 2018, which gets into the question whether michael cohen may have helped with the obstruction of justice probe. it also talks about how he was circulating his testimony, his plans to respond to congressional inquiries, with those in the white house. of course, a big question is, you know, who saw that and if they knew it was false at the time, that cohen was going out there and saying it. >> sara, only three minutes ago the president issued this statement on twitter. it is unclear what he is