MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jason Leopold and Anthony Cormier, two reporters for BuzzFeed News, may have just scored the scoop that, if it is ultimately confirmed, irrevocably changes the course of the Trump presidency. If so, it will represent for Leopold the apex of a comeback from a troubled personal and professional past. On Thursday [1-17-19] evening, the duo published a bombshell: A report that President Donald Trump personally directed Michael Cohen, his former attorney, to lie to Congress about the Moscow Trump Tower project. If the story is accurate, it means Trump asked Cohen to commit perjury, a federal crime and potentially impeachable offense. The story has not yet been corroborated by CNN or any other news outlet. A spokesman for special counsel Robert Mueller’s office disputed parts of BuzzFeed News’ report.”
–Oliver Darcy, “Reporter with checkered past comes back with Trump Tower Moscow bombshells for BuzzFeed,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, January 18, 2019 8:12 pm