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Exactly what the special prosecutor's office is disputing within that reporting. robert mueller's spokesperson issued a written statement, saying buzzfeed's description of specific statements to the special counsel's office and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office regarding michael cohen's 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 not accurate in their reporting. buzzfeed's report last night was attributed to two unnamed, quo...

And, in fact, there's a paragraph buried in a sentencing memorandum that was filed by cohen's 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 doesn't say it was did he direction of donald trump. but 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,...

Special prosecutor's statement tonight. any chance of that happening? >> no. i don't think so. and look, i feel for buzzfeed. i think robert mueller's 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 they're 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 whole matter, which is not good for journalism. it's really frustrating. it feels like robert muel...

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 they're also trying to project and telegraph is, do not write a story in which you're 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, that he lied specifically about this moscow trump tower project. this is something that is already ...

Somebody who they're not. >> yeah, as far as i can tell so far, there's 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, that's the phrase that 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 muelle...