Special Counsel Robert Mueller, a man whose reputation and investigation President Donald Trump has been trashing for months, suddenly gained newfound credibility in the President’s eyes when he issued a vague denial of the Buzzfeed News bombshell report on Trump telling Michael Cohen to lie to Congress.
Trump and his allies seized on the statement as “proof” that the report was made up to smear the President and his administration.
Remember it was Buzzfeed that released the totally discredited “Dossier,” paid for by Crooked Hillary Clinton and the Democrats (as opposition research), on which the entire Russian probe is based! A very sad day for journalism, but a great day for our Country!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 19, 2019
Fake News is truly the ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 19, 2019
Many people are saying that the Mainstream Media will have a very hard time restoring credibility because of the way they have treated me over the past 3 years (including the election lead-up), as highlighted by the disgraceful Buzzfeed story & the even more disgraceful coverage!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 19, 2019
BuzzFeed story is acknowledged #FAKENEWS and comes from so-called federal law enforcement, Deep State. Maybe time to say there’s a real danger to our rights here if we keep let this happening. https://t.co/qnUMwrBouW
— Rudy Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) January 19, 2019
The entire premise of this story, which received wall-to-wall coverage, was based on “evidence” the reporters admitted they never even saw.
Who could’ve predicted that the publishers of the phony dossier would get this wrong, too?https://t.co/enaIVvSNPu
— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) January 19, 2019
Mueller’s statement did not specify which parts, if not all, of the Buzzfeed story are “inaccurate.” It’s also worth noting that while much of the Steele dossier, which Buzzfeed News also published alone, has yet to be corroborated, some of its major claims have been proven true.
Not to mention planning to gleefully seize private land. They are nothing if not gleeful in committing their many perfidies.
ETA
Pffftt!
So he is going to gleefully dance because because the direction was “let’s tell this story (which wasn’t true) to Congress about my dealing with Russia regarding the TT Moscow deal instead of “ go to congress and LIe”. That frankly is a difference without distinction. Oh and Trump left the paper trail to someone else.
Trump: “I was against Mueller before I was for him!” /s
They had a few hours to gloat. Big deal.
The fact is the public record already establishes that Cohen lied to Congress to help Trump. Cohen aligned his statement to Trump’s public message which itself was based on lies intended to discredit and obstruct the investigation. Cohen conferred closely with WH aides and Trump’s legal team to align and refine his testimony to Trump’s false narrative. That’s obstruction right there. This is really a debate about not very much. There is a small gap between what the public filings establish and what Buzzfeed alleges.
If Trump were dumb enough to leave an evidence trail where he picked up a phone or wrote a message to Cohen specifically telling him in writing to lie, the Republicans should just shoot themselves for having invested in a crook that dumb. This is about whether Trump is a dumb crook or a not so dumb crook. He’s still a crook and the legal filings prove it.
The dossier was not discredited.
Furthermore, either Jeb Bush or Washington Free Beacon paid for the research. Hillary’s campaign was contacted by Fusion when they were no longer paid by either of those two. She did not hire them from the start. Fusion is owned and run by right-wing journalists who had previously attacked Hillary in the press.