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    Quote Originally Posted by AssHatZombie View Post
    go take your stupid pills, stupid.
    Show us where it Mueller said it was "false". He did not. It's inaccurate, which means something far different than false.

    But I know now, AssHatZombie, that you will support every word of Mueller's final report.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimmymccready View Post
    Show us where it Mueller said it was "false". He did not. It's inaccurate, which means something far different than false.

    But I know now, AssHatZombie, that you will support every word of Mueller's final report.
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    it's not that different.

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    There was no sweeping "no" on the Buzzfeed statements in Mueller's press release. There was a claim of some of it being inaccurate. Unless you are deficient in vocabulary (which many on here clearly are) then there is a world of difference between inaccurate and flat out wrong.

    I would be willing to bet that Buzzfeed possibly embellished some statements to make it more interesting rather than just stuck to the straight up facts. That embellishment is what Mueller is calling out. No need to embellish. Stick to the facts.

    The facts are interesting all by themselves.

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    Buzzfeed ran on 2nd hand hearsay- to produce their editorial- and they may have to eat their story!

    They are claiming the story can be totally corroborated and Mueller is saying not so fast.

    Buzzfeed has been doing so well up to this point, but now may have a trust issue.

    Personally, I think Buzzfeed fell on some evidence that Mueller didn't want revealed yet and Mueller's rejection of Buzzfeed's claims has more to do with that than anything else.

    My trust is in Mueller and the special council, and I'll just wait for his report.
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    In his 58 years on earth, Gary Cohn has likely run into an idiot here or there. Whether it was a classmate in his Ohio hometown, a wise guy on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange, or a Goldman Sachs employee with whom he would cross paths again later in life, it’s unlikely Cohn would have been able to fully inoculate himself from people of lesser intelligence, or to refrain from letting them know exactly what he thought of their s--t for brains. But apparently, whatever run-ins with not-so-bright individuals he had suffered prior to November 2016, they were nothing compared to the stone-cold, mind-blowing, we’ve-never-seen-an-I.Q.-in-the-single-digits-before levels of stupidity he experienced upon accepting a job with the Trump administration.

    According to an excerpt from Bob Woodward‘s Fear, the book out tomorrow that the president has called a “joke,” a “scam,” and a “con on the public“ written by a “Dem operative,” the Goldman Sachs president turned National Economic Council director came away from his very first meeting with Donald Trump “astounded” by just how dumb the guy was. During a chat about various economic issues, Cohn told Trump that the Federal Reserve would likely increase rates during his first term in office, to which President Buy High, Sell Low reportedly responded, “We should just go borrow a lot of money, hold it, and then sell it to make money.” This suggestion, and “lack of basic understanding” about how federal debt works apparently sent chills up the spine of Cohn, who explained that borrowing more money would in fact increase the deficit and add to the debt, something that would, in theory, be counterproductive for a delusional president who had pledged to completely eliminate the federal debt. But President “I’m, like, really smart” wasn’t finished:


    The president-elect offered a solution.

    “Just run the presses—print money,” Trump said, according to Woodward.

    Cohn suggested that would be detrimental to the fiscal and economic health of the U.S., since printing vast amounts of money is thought to lead to inflation. . . . Cohn also pointed to the federal debt ceiling, a statutory limit to the amount of debt the federal government can have outstanding. Even approaching the debt ceiling can be harmful to the stock market and U.S. economic growth.

    But according to Woodward, Cohn’s message did not seem to connect.

    It was clear that Trump did not understand the way the U.S. government debt cycle balance sheet worked,” Woodward wrote.

    Of course, that the 45th president of the United States is an idiot is not exactly a new revelation. (Cohn has not publicly commented on any of Woodward’s reporting.) His first secretary of state characterized him as a “moron.” Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, according to Woodward, told close associates that the president “had the understanding of ‘a fifth- or sixth-grader.’ ” Scott Pruitt essentially called him an imbecile “when it comes to things like the Constitution and rule of law.” Former White House deputy chief of staff Katie Walsh reportedly said working with him was “like trying to figure out what a child wants,” which feels like an insult to children. And of course, someone “purporting to represent the views” of Cohn sent an e-mail in April 2017 describing the president as “an idiot surrounded by clowns.”

    The words that come out of his mouth and tweets that emerge from his fingers suggest all of these assessments are correct. Still, it’s nice to see Cohn—who also apparently prevented Trump from destroying two huge trade deals by simply removing documents from his desk, because the president never mastered a concept most babies learn before they turn one—fully unshackled. It would’ve been nicer still if he’d busted out his “I'm with stupid” T-shirt while he was actually working at the White House and had more to lose, but hey, better late than never!

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    . . . in a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, CBS says the remaining $120 million of Moonves’s exit payout will be put in a trust fund and held in reserve until it determines “whether the company has grounds to terminate the employment of Mr. Moonves for cause under his employment agreement.” Translation: CBS is waiting for the results of two pending independent investigations into Moonves’s activities and the culture inside the company before formally triggering the termination clause in his deal.

    In a statement to The New Yorker, Moonves—who remains at the network as an adviser—said the “appalling accusations” against him “are untrue.”

    Donald Trump would just as soon not give Obama any credit for the healthy economy he inherited, thankyouverymuch

    As you may have heard, Donald Trump loves to tout how well the economy has done on his watch, forgetting, on literally every occasion, to acknowledge that the recovery started, oh, nine years ago, when he was busy pretending to be a successful businessman on TV. But Trump became particularly energized on the topic when, on Friday, his predecessor decided to weigh in on his economic legacy in a speech: “When you hear how great the economy’s doing right now, let’s just remember when this recovery started. When you hear about this economic miracle that’s been going on, when the job numbers come out, monthly job numbers, suddenly Republicans are saying it’s a miracle. I have to kind of remind them, actually, those job numbers are the same as they were in 2015 and 2016.” And, as you probably could have guessed, that didn’t sit well with the man-child-in-chief!

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    At some point we will know the exact differences between Buzzfeed and Mueller on Buzzfeed.
    That chasm will allow a ray of light out, but it won't be wide enough to get Trump out of jail.

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    the big deal is that there are no supporting documents. ( Emails whatever) according to Mueller.
    Cohen is a multi-faced liar so whatever he claims if it's not backed up is just noise

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    Quote Originally Posted by Micawber View Post
    In his 58 years on earth, Gary Cohn has likely run into an idiot here or there. Whether it was a classmate in his Ohio hometown, a wise guy on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange, or a Goldman Sachs employee with whom he would cross paths again later in life, it’s unlikely Cohn would have been able to fully inoculate himself from people of lesser intelligence, or to refrain from letting them know exactly what he thought of their s--t for brains. But apparently, whatever run-ins with not-so-bright individuals he had suffered prior to November 2016, they were nothing compared to the stone-cold, mind-blowing, we’ve-never-seen-an-I.Q.-in-the-single-digits-before levels of stupidity he experienced upon accepting a job with the Trump administration.

    According to an excerpt from Bob Woodward‘s Fear, the book out tomorrow that the president has called a “joke,” a “scam,” and a “con on the public“ written by a “Dem operative,” the Goldman Sachs president turned National Economic Council director came away from his very first meeting with Donald Trump “astounded” by just how dumb the guy was. During a chat about various economic issues, Cohn told Trump that the Federal Reserve would likely increase rates during his first term in office, to which President Buy High, Sell Low reportedly responded, “We should just go borrow a lot of money, hold it, and then sell it to make money.” This suggestion, and “lack of basic understanding” about how federal debt works apparently sent chills up the spine of Cohn, who explained that borrowing more money would in fact increase the deficit and add to the debt, something that would, in theory, be counterproductive for a delusional president who had pledged to completely eliminate the federal debt. But President “I’m, like, really smart” wasn’t finished:


    The president-elect offered a solution.

    “Just run the presses—print money,” Trump said, according to Woodward.

    Cohn suggested that would be detrimental to the fiscal and economic health of the U.S., since printing vast amounts of money is thought to lead to inflation. . . . Cohn also pointed to the federal debt ceiling, a statutory limit to the amount of debt the federal government can have outstanding. Even approaching the debt ceiling can be harmful to the stock market and U.S. economic growth.

    But according to Woodward, Cohn’s message did not seem to connect.

    It was clear that Trump did not understand the way the U.S. government debt cycle balance sheet worked,” Woodward wrote.

    Of course, that the 45th president of the United States is an idiot is not exactly a new revelation. (Cohn has not publicly commented on any of Woodward’s reporting.) His first secretary of state characterized him as a “moron.” Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, according to Woodward, told close associates that the president “had the understanding of ‘a fifth- or sixth-grader.’ ” Scott Pruitt essentially called him an imbecile “when it comes to things like the Constitution and rule of law.” Former White House deputy chief of staff Katie Walsh reportedly said working with him was “like trying to figure out what a child wants,” which feels like an insult to children. And of course, someone “purporting to represent the views” of Cohn sent an e-mail in April 2017 describing the president as “an idiot surrounded by clowns.”

    The words that come out of his mouth and tweets that emerge from his fingers suggest all of these assessments are correct. Still, it’s nice to see Cohn—who also apparently prevented Trump from destroying two huge trade deals by simply removing documents from his desk, because the president never mastered a concept most babies learn before they turn one—fully unshackled. It would’ve been nicer still if he’d busted out his “I'm with stupid” T-shirt while he was actually working at the White House and had more to lose, but hey, better late than never!

    If you would like to receive the Levin Report in your inbox daily, click here to subscribe.

    Area C.E.O. might receive millions in compensation despite being an accused sexual predator, after all


    Over the weekend, individuals who think men accused of sexual harassment and abuse should still receive nine-figures’ worth of compensation shed a tear that Les Moonves, who stepped down as chairman and C.E.O. of CBS after allegations of Harvey Weinstein–esque behavior, might walk away with nothing, aside from the $1 billion he’s made over the last few years. But, surprise! Les might get his payday, after all:

    . . . in a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, CBS says the remaining $120 million of Moonves’s exit payout will be put in a trust fund and held in reserve until it determines “whether the company has grounds to terminate the employment of Mr. Moonves for cause under his employment agreement.” Translation: CBS is waiting for the results of two pending independent investigations into Moonves’s activities and the culture inside the company before formally triggering the termination clause in his deal.

    In a statement to The New Yorker, Moonves—who remains at the network as an adviser—said the “appalling accusations” against him “are untrue.”

    Donald Trump would just as soon not give Obama any credit for the healthy economy he inherited, thankyouverymuch

    As you may have heard, Donald Trump loves to tout how well the economy has done on his watch, forgetting, on literally every occasion, to acknowledge that the recovery started, oh, nine years ago, when he was busy pretending to be a successful businessman on TV. But Trump became particularly energized on the topic when, on Friday, his predecessor decided to weigh in on his economic legacy in a speech: “When you hear how great the economy’s doing right now, let’s just remember when this recovery started. When you hear about this economic miracle that’s been going on, when the job numbers come out, monthly job numbers, suddenly Republicans are saying it’s a miracle. I have to kind of remind them, actually, those job numbers are the same as they were in 2015 and 2016.” And, as you probably could have guessed, that didn’t sit well with the man-child-in-chief!

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    Trump is basically a lying little kid emotionally.........just says whatever makes his case regardless if it's a complete and obvious lie

    just what right wing lunatic fringe low IQ knuckelheads love to hear

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    I am on record saying we should withhold judgement because the story had not been corroborated by other news organizations.

    https://www.justplainpolitics.com/sh...91#post2834791

    That is the standard a person who is careful and deliberative tries to hold themselves to.

    But do you hold yourself to the standard I do? I seem to recall you were popping champagne corks, spiking the football in the end zone, and chanting "Nobel! Nobel!" when you prematurely assumed Trump had met with astonishing success in getting North Korea to denuclearize.
    you've become a meme with this shit about NK.
    I've addressed it more then once to you -that I always said "be careful for the stall"

    My personal opinion is China undercut what was driving Kim, when they stopped enforcing sanctions.

    But I never popped any corks...now continue the same lies you've been spreading.
    I hate to call them lies but when I continually correct you,and you continue to say the same...

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    Quote Originally Posted by noise View Post
    ROFL...fake news!

    Mueller debunking fake news on Buzzfeed, CNN and other breathless reporting today!!!
    The cable networks broadcasted Buzzfeed's story, they didn't report it as news, but Buzzfeed's story, even noted it wasn't totally comfirmed

    Yes, it is planting inneundos, but shows as Fox and Friends and the nightly demogogues do the exact same thing nearly nightly

    Can't fault one without naming the other

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    Quote Originally Posted by Althea View Post
    Correct. Mueller's spokesperson never said that trump didn't instruct Cohen to lie. They seem to be saying that there isn't as much 'slam dunk' documentation from Mueller interviews, which doesn't negate the fact that trump suborned perjury.

    Buzz Feed has info. from people that have either been briefed, or know what Cohen testified to. The fact that trump doesn't use email or text simply means that there will have to be other means of corroboration.


    Of course, that means nothing to the OP who relies on headlines from questionable sources as proof of his assertions.
    In a rare move, Mueller’s office denies BuzzFeed report that Trump told Cohen to lie about Moscow project

    Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s office on Friday denied an explosive report by BuzzFeed News that his investigators had gathered evidence showing President Trump directed his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about a prospective business deal in Moscow.

    “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,” said Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller.

    The statement was remarkable on several levels — first, the special counsel’s office speaks exceedingly rarely, and second, the statement seemed to drive a stake through a sensational allegation that Democratic lawmakers suggested earlier in the day could spell the end of the Trump presidency. As earthshaking as the claims in the story were, no other media organizations were able to match them.

    The story published by BuzzFeed on Thursday night attributed to two federal law enforcement officials an incendiary assertion: that Mueller had collected emails, texts and testimony indicating Trump had directed Cohen to lie to Congress about the extent of discussions surrounding a proposed Trump Tower project in Moscow. That project never came to pass, but Cohen pleaded guilty last year to lying to Congress about the matter.

    The BuzzFeed report strongly implied the president might have committed a crime, dramatically raising speculation of possible impeachment. Within hours, Democrats in Congress were publicly demanding answers.

    The potential consequences of the report were so severe — immediate congressional investigations and a possible legal showdown with the White House — that Mueller decided to take the surprising step of publicly denying his investigation had gathered any such evidence.

    The special counsel’s office has only rarely issued public statements since it was created in May 2017; it had never previously issued a public statement regarding evidence in its investigation into Trump and Russian interference in the 2016 election.

    Inside the Justice Department, the statement was viewed as a huge step, and one that would have been taken only if the special counsel’s office viewed the story as almost entirely incorrect. The special counsel’s office seemed to be disputing every aspect of the story that addressed comments or evidence given to its investigators.

    The explicit denial by the special counsel’s office is likely to provide further ammunition to complaints by Trump and his supporters that press coverage of him is unfair and inaccurate.

    Trump weighed in Friday night on Twitter, criticizing BuzzFeed. “A very sad day for journalism, but a great day for our country!” he tweeted.

    Following the special counsel’s denial, BuzzFeed insisted its story was correct. In a statement, the website’s top editor, Ben Smith, said, “We stand by our reporting and the sources who informed it, and we urge the Special Counsel to make clear what he’s disputing.”

    The story had claimed Cohen had acknowledged to Mueller’s prosecutors that the president directed him to deceive Congress about key facts linking the president to the proposed Trump Tower project in Moscow. BuzzFeed also said Mueller learned about the directive to lie from “interviews with multiple witnesses from the Trump Organization and internal company emails, text messages, and a cache of other documents.”

    Mueller’s denial, according to people familiar with the matter, aims to make clear that none of those statements in the story are accurate.

    Cohen is due to testify before a House committee in early February. He pleaded guilty in November to lying under oath to Congress about the Moscow project negotiations, and court documents filed in connection with that plea indicated he did so to align his statements with the political messaging of Trump and his aides on the question of Russian contacts.

    As part of that plea, Cohen admitted he had falsely told Congress that Trump’s effort to build an apartment tower in Moscow ended in January 2016, when in fact it had continued until June of that year.

    In court documents, Cohen admitted that he briefed Trump on his ongoing negotiations with Russian officials about the proposed deal and said that he had consulted with Trump’s team before his false testimony before Congress. But those documents did not indicate that Trump played a direct role in his false testimony.

    In December, Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison for those lies and unrelated financial crimes.

    Cohen and his representatives did not immediately respond to messages Friday night. Earlier in the day, Lanny J. Davis, a legal and communications adviser to Cohen, said of the BuzzFeed story: “Out of respect for Mr. Mueller’s and the Office of Special Counsel’s investigation, Mr. Cohen declined to respond to the questions asked by the reporters and so do I.”

    The BuzzFeed report was incendiary in large part because it cast Cohen’s lies to Congress in a far more nefarious light — that he had done so at the specific instruction of the president.

    The president’s attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, challenged the Justice Department to “reveal the leakers” behind BuzzFeed’s reporting and chided Democrats who, he suggested, should refrain from investigating the president until Mueller concludes his investigation. “There may be nothing to legitimately investigate,” he said on Twitter.

    “I commend Bob Mueller’s office for correcting the BuzzFeed false story that Pres. Trump encouraged Cohen to lie,” Giuliani wrote in a separate tweet. “I ask the press to take heed that their hysterical desire to destroy this President has gone too far. They pursued this without critical analysis all day. #FAKENEWS

    The claims in the news report had prompted Democrats, who control the House, to ratchet up their investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, including allegations that the Trump campaign cooperated with Russian operatives and that Trump has since sought to obstruct an ongoing probe by Mueller.

    If the @BuzzFeed story is true, President Trump must resign or be impeached,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, tweeted after the story was published.

    “We know that the President has engaged in a long pattern of obstruction,” Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, wrote in a tweet Friday promising to “get to the bottom” of the allegations in BuzzFeed’s report.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimmymccready View Post
    Show us where it Mueller said it was "false". He did not. It's inaccurate, which means something far different than false.

    But I know now, AssHatZombie, that you will support every word of Mueller's final report.
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    In a rare move, Mueller’s office denies BuzzFeed report that Trump told Cohen to lie about Moscow project

    Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s office on Friday denied an explosive report by BuzzFeed News that his investigators had gathered evidence showing President Trump directed his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about a prospective business deal in Moscow.

    “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,” said Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller.

    The statement was remarkable on several levels — first, the special counsel’s office speaks exceedingly rarely, and second, the statement seemed to drive a stake through a sensational allegation that Democratic lawmakers suggested earlier in the day could spell the end of the Trump presidency. As earthshaking as the claims in the story were, no other media organizations were able to match them.

    The story published by BuzzFeed on Thursday night attributed to two federal law enforcement officials an incendiary assertion: that Mueller had collected emails, texts and testimony indicating Trump had directed Cohen to lie to Congress about the extent of discussions surrounding a proposed Trump Tower project in Moscow. That project never came to pass, but Cohen pleaded guilty last year to lying to Congress about the matter.

    The BuzzFeed report strongly implied the president might have committed a crime, dramatically raising speculation of possible impeachment. Within hours, Democrats in Congress were publicly demanding answers.

    The potential consequences of the report were so severe — immediate congressional investigations and a possible legal showdown with the White House — that Mueller decided to take the surprising step of publicly denying his investigation had gathered any such evidence.

    The special counsel’s office has only rarely issued public statements since it was created in May 2017; it had never previously issued a public statement regarding evidence in its investigation into Trump and Russian interference in the 2016 election.

    Inside the Justice Department, the statement was viewed as a huge step, and one that would have been taken only if the special counsel’s office viewed the story as almost entirely incorrect. The special counsel’s office seemed to be disputing every aspect of the story that addressed comments or evidence given to its investigators.

    The explicit denial by the special counsel’s office is likely to provide further ammunition to complaints by Trump and his supporters that press coverage of him is unfair and inaccurate.

    Trump weighed in Friday night on Twitter, criticizing BuzzFeed. “A very sad day for journalism, but a great day for our country!” he tweeted.

    Following the special counsel’s denial, BuzzFeed insisted its story was correct. In a statement, the website’s top editor, Ben Smith, said, “We stand by our reporting and the sources who informed it, and we urge the Special Counsel to make clear what he’s disputing.”

    The story had claimed Cohen had acknowledged to Mueller’s prosecutors that the president directed him to deceive Congress about key facts linking the president to the proposed Trump Tower project in Moscow. BuzzFeed also said Mueller learned about the directive to lie from “interviews with multiple witnesses from the Trump Organization and internal company emails, text messages, and a cache of other documents.”

    Mueller’s denial, according to people familiar with the matter, aims to make clear that none of those statements in the story are accurate.

    Cohen is due to testify before a House committee in early February. He pleaded guilty in November to lying under oath to Congress about the Moscow project negotiations, and court documents filed in connection with that plea indicated he did so to align his statements with the political messaging of Trump and his aides on the question of Russian contacts.

    As part of that plea, Cohen admitted he had falsely told Congress that Trump’s effort to build an apartment tower in Moscow ended in January 2016, when in fact it had continued until June of that year.

    In court documents, Cohen admitted that he briefed Trump on his ongoing negotiations with Russian officials about the proposed deal and said that he had consulted with Trump’s team before his false testimony before Congress. But those documents did not indicate that Trump played a direct role in his false testimony.

    In December, Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison for those lies and unrelated financial crimes.

    Cohen and his representatives did not immediately respond to messages Friday night. Earlier in the day, Lanny J. Davis, a legal and communications adviser to Cohen, said of the BuzzFeed story: “Out of respect for Mr. Mueller’s and the Office of Special Counsel’s investigation, Mr. Cohen declined to respond to the questions asked by the reporters and so do I.”

    The BuzzFeed report was incendiary in large part because it cast Cohen’s lies to Congress in a far more nefarious light — that he had done so at the specific instruction of the president.

    The president’s attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, challenged the Justice Department to “reveal the leakers” behind BuzzFeed’s reporting and chided Democrats who, he suggested, should refrain from investigating the president until Mueller concludes his investigation. “There may be nothing to legitimately investigate,” he said on Twitter.

    “I commend Bob Mueller’s office for correcting the BuzzFeed false story that Pres. Trump encouraged Cohen to lie,” Giuliani wrote in a separate tweet. “I ask the press to take heed that their hysterical desire to destroy this President has gone too far. They pursued this without critical analysis all day. #FAKENEWS

    The claims in the news report had prompted Democrats, who control the House, to ratchet up their investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, including allegations that the Trump campaign cooperated with Russian operatives and that Trump has since sought to obstruct an ongoing probe by Mueller.

    If the @BuzzFeed story is true, President Trump must resign or be impeached,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, tweeted after the story was published.

    “We know that the President has engaged in a long pattern of obstruction,” Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, wrote in a tweet Friday promising to “get to the bottom” of the allegations in BuzzFeed’s report.
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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    The cable networks broadcasted Buzzfeed's story, they didn't report it as news, but Buzzfeed's story, even noted it wasn't totally comfirmed

    Yes, it is planting inneundos, but shows as Fox and Friends and the nightly demogogues do the exact same thing nearly nightly

    Can't fault one without naming the other
    C'mon..I do not take generalized statements as rebuttals.
    And this reeks of whataboutism. The Fox stuff.

    Fact is Mueller has never released any statements before about any specifics -even to deny them.
    So Buzzfeed had to be egregiously wrong for him to do so.

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    Buzzfeed, according to Mueller, is inaccurate not false.

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    Quote Originally Posted by noise View Post
    C'mon..I do not take generalized statements as rebuttals.
    And this reeks of whataboutism. The Fox stuff.

    Fact is Mueller has never released any statements before about any specifics -even to deny them.
    So Buzzfeed had to be egregiously wrong for him to do so.
    Not true, I saw parts of all three of the cable presentations on the topic yesterday and all of them prefaced thier reports with a questions of the article's documentation. True, Fox obviously did it more diligently, but the other two did include it in their coverage.

    Did they not all carefully portray it as "Buzzfeed is reporting?"


    Mueller probably sent out his reaction to reconfirm the fact that his staff doesn't leak information, something they have not done in the past, and it wasn't a total rejection of what Buzzfeed reported

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