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  1. 12 hours ago

    In response to the statement tonight from the Special Counsel's spokesman: We stand by our reporting and the sources who informed it, and we urge the Special Counsel to make clear what he's disputing.

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    13 hours ago

    UPDATE: A spokesperson for the special counsel is disputing BuzzFeed News’ report.

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    15 hours ago

    When pressed about Mueller’s filing and why the information in ' new bombshell investigation wasn't in it, Lanny Davis continued: "The absence of something doesn’t always infer something...we know that Mr. Mueller did not disclose everything in his filings..."

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    WATCH: Cohen's advisor, Lanny Davis, responds to Buzzfeed report: 'The story stands on its own'
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    14 hours ago

    NEWS: says she "won't have a choice" but to vote for Impeachment if the story is confirmed. The site says the ordered Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about a potential Trump Tower in Moscow. More "The Issue Is:" 10:30p

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  5. 17 hours ago

    DNA Tests Can’t Show How Much “Mexican DNA” You Have, Despite What That Aeromexico Ad Says via

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    18 hours ago

    I guess the social media class went well

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    15/10 official Good Boy?
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    18 hours ago

    The news that Trump told his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress is the culmination of more than a year of BuzzFeed News reporting. This is how we got here.

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  8. 18 hours ago

    More And More Democrats Are Suggesting Trump Should Be Impeached, But Their Leadership Still Wants To Wait On Mueller via

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  9. 20 hours ago

    "Resurfaced" is really the laziest word in journalism. This is an ... adequate clip job, but CNN should change the headline and go do some reporting.

    — and have scored a number of scoops for BuzzFeed on the Trump Tower Moscow project. But the intense attention has also resurfaced Leopold's checkered past. My story:
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    23 hours ago

    Trump spokesman Hogan Gidley repeatedly refuses to deny central allegation in BuzzFeed report that Trump instructed Cohen to lie to Congress about Russia: “I’m not going to give any credence or credibility to Michael Cohen.” Fox News Host: “That was not a denial.”

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  11. 23 hours ago

    . on right now

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    24 hours ago

    BuzzFeed editor Ben Smith has emailed staff announcing the news to the company —

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  13. 23 hours ago

    One of the great privileges of my career to work with Janine. She leaves with enormous momentum.

    After more than three years at the helm as editor-in-chief, Janine Gibson has just told London staff she’s leaving BuzzFeed UK
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    24 hours ago

    A little late, but I just became a BuzzFeed News member.

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    Jan 18

    We know that the President has engaged in a long pattern of obstruction. Directing a subordinate to lie to Congress is a federal crime. The Committee’s job is to get to the bottom of it, and we will do that work.

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    Jan 17

    -twitter's initial responses to the Buzzfeed story are interesting.

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    Jan 18

    We're going to have investigative reporter on this morning, followed by editor-in-chief, . 💎

    Got called back to work, but I’m not missing this morning.
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    Jan 18

    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, , highly relevant.

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    Jan 18

    So reports that directed to lie to Congress about negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. By

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    Jan 17

    Consistently and have delivered unique and narrative-shifting reporting on a subject where it’s incredibly difficult to get even an incremental scoop, and they’ve seen it confirmed by action in court.

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