Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team took the unusual step Friday of responding to a media report about its investigation, calling a bombshell story reported by BuzzFeed News “inaccurate.”
It referred to a story that claimed, citing two law enforcement sources, that Mueller had a large amount of evidence showing that President Donald Trump had directed his attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress, a federal crime.
“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, Mueller’s spokesperson.
View the complete January 19 article by Cody Fenwick on the AlterNet website here.