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The consequences for this, are going to be serious for any journalist. we don't have any instances during this investigation last two years of journalists making up these types of stories. if they do, they do lose their jobs. when i said that the president calls the news fake news all the time and criticize the media all the time and this hurts their credibility, maybe, we'll see, february 7, michael cohen. on the other hand he calls the investigation a witchhunt and this gives credibility to mueller if he does push back on this story. >> he travelled with ben smith on the campaign trail, know...

Of buzzfeed said to my colleague, chris hayes last night. >> obviously the spousen prefers to control the timeline and for reernl reasons wants to operate on his own timeline. without revealing a lot of details. but i think you know he's made these sort of statements and we would like to know what he's talking about. >> the "washington post" put it, that the buzzfeed news story landed like a mortar in washington. >> if this report is true, if the president directed michael cohen to lie to congress, then that's a clear case of participating in perjury and obstruction of justice. and he should r...

It. and then you see this other thing and you go, i have to question it and no one else has confirmed it. did goes back to things like michael cohen was in prague and mcclatchy is standing by that story. buzzfeed is standing by this and ultimately we're going to know. because there's going to be public hearings and there should be and that raises a question of whether michael cohen will be able to testify about this particular thing or whether it's barred as a russia-related thing that he can't talk about in his public life. >> all part of the string of these sort of unmatchable exclusives tha...

Let's start with the stir that it caused. we heard from congressman caster there reacting to the import, potential import of this piece. this was a turning point in a way on capitol hill, the way the story was reacted to. >> sure it was. it landed like a mortar is what the "washington post" said. and what was interesting is everyone was very inclined to believe it number one, buzzfeed has been doing some great reporting around this investigation. so they have a track record. ben smith is an outstanding journalist and editor. we know that michael cohen is providing information to the special co...

Accurate. that report one of several stories about russia investigation. the "washington post" detailing the lengths to which president trump went to conceal his conversations with russia president vladimir putin and "the wall street journal" with an incredible story on how michael cohen tried to rig polls ahead of the election to put donald trump on top. joining us for this conversation, is michael rothfield a reporter who worked on that piece for t"the wall street journal". your focus has been on the campaign finance angle of this for some time. what we've seen in the buzzfeed reporting, in ...