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In fact, we now learn none of that was true. the day after cohen sent that e-mail, peskov's office responds. there's somebody identified as a special assistant who wants to know more, takes notes, asks how the kremlin, putin's office, can be helpful in this project, and then it goes on for six more months, all during the primaries while donald trump is running for president and saying kind things about vladimir putin. we now learn that he -- his business was in contact with putin trying to secure this business deal -- >> so -- >> there's talks about trump flying to moscow to meet with putin as...

About the mueller investigation. quoting alan dershowitz, criticizing the investigation and falsely claiming it's what he calls an illegal hoax that should be ended immediately. going on to quote greg jarrett and calling it, wait for it, a witch hunt. less discuss now with laura coates and harry litman. good evening. laura, to you first. >> hey, don. >> the president has been reluctant to condemn russia and it seems we may be learning why. >> well, you're very generous about the word reluctant. it seems like all this time one of the main questions that robert mueller has had and everyone looki...

We've got to play it one more time. let's play it, please. >> so, to be clear, mr. trump has no financial relationships with any russian oligarchs? >> that's what he said -- that's what i -- that's obviously what our position is. >> oh, that was really, really awkward. i still have no idea what he said there, but doesn't that just sum all of this up, the whole day, just all of it? that's what he said, if that's what, that's what -- i mean, if that's what he said, that's what happened. but as we always say around here, facts matter. and as more facts emerge from the mueller investigation, the r...

There obviously is another level of the story that basically will reveal, why was it so important to trump and cohen who was then lock add the hip with him to keep it quiet and under wraps? >> laura, there is no other way to put it, the president lied today. the president claimed that his proposed moscow tower was well-known during the campaign. that's simply not true. we only learned about the deal after he was elected. we've seen, you know, this song and dance before. what does it say that trump is getting caught in another lie? >> well, this lie in particular is unique because, again, a lot...

First, deny. >> he's trying to get a much lesser prison sentence by making up a story. so very simply, michael cohen is lying and he's trying to get a reduced sentence for things that have nothing to do with me. >> then backpedal. >> we were thinking about building a building. i guess we had in a form it was an option. i don't know what you'd call it. we decided -- i decided ultimately not to do it. >> and then there is a formula here, and then make excuses. >> now here's the thing, even if he was right it doesn't matter because i was allowed to do whatever i wanted during the campaign. >> so ...