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That's the way it worked in the nixon situation. congress was moving at the same speed, basically, as the special prosecutor. mimi, some fascinating elapsed times here in this case. yesterday buzzfeed reports that five hours went by -- five hours of silence from the white house after they disclosed their reporting to the white house, and they're asking for comment from the white house. and the white house does not say a word. donald trump had -- knew what buzzfeed was going to write for five hours. he didn't issue or offer one word of denial. and then we have the 24 hours -- the 24 hours that ...

This case, perhaps buzzfeed would have been more cautious and could have avoided this whole matter, which is not good for journalism. it's really frustrating. it feels like robert mueller at this point in the investigation owes the public a little bit more information than we're getting about something so important. lawrence, that's my feeling about it. >> so a democratic house member, ted lieu, last night tweeting when this story broke. this is how hot it felt at this hour last night. "based on the buzzfeed report and numerous other articles showing donald trump committed obstruction of justi...

It's possible that he was under instructions not to say that at that time. we just don't know. but what we do know is that robert mueller is not disputing the entirety of the buzzfeed story. he is, however, disputing this notion that his office has reams of corroborating information. and in fairness, that is one of the things that got everybody's attention about this story, because, you know, the house of representatives is not going to impeach donald trump on the word of michael cohen admitted liar. but if there is other corroboration for members of the trump organization, that's a different ...

Advance trump's agenda, per cohen's legal memo, is not in dispute. the source disputed the further, more specific idea that trump issued and memorialized repeated direct instructions." and joy reid, that part about memorialized would be i think a reference in the buzzfeed article to there is supporting documentation -- >> right. >> -- either from texts or e-mails to what buzzfeed was reporting that the president basically ordered michael cohen to commit perjury. >> right. as well as one line in the buzzfeed story where they characterized something that cohen allegedly said to the mueller team....

We always use when discussing stories that aren't yet proven to be true. and that's the language that i used here repeatedly last night at this hour when buzzfeed reported that michael cohen has told special prosecutor robert mueller that president trump ordered him to lie under oath to congress. >> is michael cohen -- if this is proven true, guilty of lying to congress as a crime? is he guilty of perjury as a crime? is the president of the united states guilty of suborning perjury if this report is true? >> yes, yes and yes. >> and now 24 hours later, the breaking news of the night is that th...