Trump administration dismisses BuzzFeed News report as Democratic lawmakers begin to call for impeachment
According to @BuzzFeedNews, Special Counsel Robert Mueller learned that President Trump instructed his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen to lie about the Trump family's plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.https://twitter.com/i/events/1086102848390066177 …
WH spox @hogangidley45 on Fox re. Buzzfeed report on Trump telling Cohen to lie.
“I am telling you right now this is why the President refuses to give any credence or credibility to news outlets because they have no ability to corroborate anything they are putting out there."
Kevin Corke, @FoxNews “Don’t forget, Michael Cohen has already been convicted of perjury and fraud, and as recently as this week, the Wall Street Journal has suggested that he may have stolen tens of thousands of dollars....” Lying to reduce his jail time! Watch father-in-law!
BuzzFeed journalist who broke the blockbuster Cohen story doubles down on his report: "This 100% happened" http://bit.ly/2RD3zjt pic.twitter.com/DuxPBHwnpW
when asked directly White House press secretary Hogan Gidley refuses three times to say whether the Buzzfeed report is true or false.pic.twitter.com/trP7ZlpolN
Democrats are calling for Trump's impeachment after bombshell report alleging he instructed Cohen to lie to Congress https://www.businessinsider.com/democrats-trump-impeachment-cohen-lie-congress-bombshell-report-2019-1?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=topbar&utm_term=desktop&referrer=twitter … via @businessinsider
Smartest thing I’ve read so far on Buzzfeed story. Bottom line: IF 100% true, Trump’s in serious trouble; but smart move is to wait & see - Mueller saying these things is one thing; Buzzfeed based on anon sources who didn’t share their “proof” is another. https://thebulwark.com/trump-cohen-and-buzzfeed-is-this-the-big-one/ …
The Buzzfeed story about Trump ordering Cohen to lie to Congress about his business dealings in Russia, if true, makes this passage from Barr’s memo to DOJ, https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/549-june-2018-barr-memo-to-doj-mue/b4c05e39318dd2d136b3/optimized/full.pdf#page=1 …, highly relevant. @emptywheelpic.twitter.com/JQbrwAdClO
UPDATE: @RepAdamSchiff issues another statement on our story, saying the House Intelligence Committee "is already working to secure additional witness testimony and documents related to the Trump Tower Moscow deal and other investigative matters.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmaloop/congress-investigates-trump-telling-cohen-lie …pic.twitter.com/28eiNUYZOu
Presidential candidate @JulianCastro says if Buzzfeed's report that Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie under oath is confirmed, Pres. Trump "should be impeached immediately": "But let's not trip over ourselves — first make sure that it's true." http://abcn.ws/2CcjBVI pic.twitter.com/bsUCg7hNpw
Such a partisan approach to impeachment violates both the letter and the spirit of the Constitution. It would encourage wrongful weaponization of impeachment as a partisan political tactic to be deployed by both parties. https://bit.ly/2RTGNmE
If true - and proof must be examined - Congress must begin impeachment proceedings and Barr must refer, at a minimum, the relevant portions of material discovered by Mueller. This is a potential inflection point.https://twitter.com/ericholder/status/1086127622411571200 …
NEW: In a shift, Dems will not necessarily wait for Mueller's findings to launch impeachment proceedings, I'm told. Barr's refusal to commit to publicizing Mueller's findings combined w/Trump potentially suborning perjury has created new sense of urgency. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/democrats-cite-buzzfeed-report-cause-impeachment/580777/ …
RE Buzzfeed article on Cohen: spoke at length w/Schiff and Nadler in December abt impeachment. Both acknowledged it was a possibility but that extensive extensive research had to be undertaken before it happened. 1 article won't change that: http://time.com/5498903/house-democrats-infighting/ …
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