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Mueller then went through the trouble of bringing cohen back to court in federal court again and charging him for that false testimony while simultaneously telling the judge, hey, don't give him any extra time in jail for this. he really is helping us. he's being great. this is not worth one extra day in jail, okay, judge? when "buzzfeed" published this story late last night about cohen's false testimony to congress, this bombshell story that lit up the news cycle all day today, the narrative of "buzzfeed's" story finally made it seem like cohen being charged for lying to congress might make s...

Indictment. >> uh-huh. >> so this isn't coming out of a blue sky. this is a line of reporting that has been repeatedly vindicated. >> ben smith, "buzzfeed's" editor-in-chief at a very kinetic moment in "buzzfeed" right now. ben, thank you very much for being with us. appreciate it. >> thank you, rachel. >> all right, so this has been a rollicking day on this story. this bombshell pushback from the special counsel's office on "buzzfeed's" bombshell reporting has created a bunch of questions. i mean, you heard me discuss some of them there with ben in terms of those reporters standing by the sto...

Felonies he already pled to and specifically for no additional punishment. if that lying to congress charge was not laying the predicate for other people to be charged with related crimes, i mean, with this pushback from the special counsel's office on "buzzfeed's" report tonight, if that means that's not where this was going after all, then how do they explain that part of the story? how do we understand that random standalone no punishment after the fact charge brought by mueller even after it was clear that cohen was already going to jail on all those other crimes? i have just the person to...

There had been a lot of speculation as to whether it would be sealed or whether it would be public-facing. that was a very minor comment from the special counsel but it was super helpful for all of us planning to cover that development in the paul manafort case. but we think that's kind of it. we think that's the universe of the number of times the special counsel's office has made an on the record comment to a reporter. but now tonight they have really put out a big one. they have said this, pushing back on "buzzfeed's" big scoop today. now, i should say that the "buzzfeed" editor-in-chief is...

I can't wait for the dance off because you know i'm going to can kick your butt. >> that will be one of the few moments that don't bring us closer together. >> have a great weekend. stay warm. >> you too. i'll talk to you soon. here's our big story tonight. robert mueller's office in an extremely rare comment saying tonight that "buzzfeed's" description alleging that president trump directed michael con to lie to congress, they're saying it's inaccurate. quote "buzzfeed's" description to the special counsel's office and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office rega...