The Buzz Feed story, attributed to law enforcement
officials, that President Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about
the Moscow Project, and that there were documents and other evidence to
corroborate that claim, was cited by many as a basis, if true, for indicting or
impeaching President Trump.
The next day, the Special Counsel’s Office issued a rare
public, carefully worded statement which describes as inaccurate some elements
of the Buzz Feed story without specifying the inaccuracies. The statement
issued by Mueller’s office seems somewhat inconsistent with the representation
it made to the court in the Government’s Sentencing Memorandum at the time of
Cohen’s sentencing. In that document, Special Counsel reported, “the
information provided by Cohen about the Moscow Project… is consistent with and
corroborated by other information obtained in the course of the SCO’s
investigation”.
Not surprisingly, Sean Hannity of Fox News has labeled the
Buzz Feed story “fake news” and has castigated all those mentioning the
possibility of impeachment as Trump haters who have rushed to judgment.
My prediction: when the smoke has cleared and all the facts
made known, it will be proven that, while Trump may not have given a directive
to Cohen to lie to Congress, (a lie Cohen has admitted) he was present at some
of the sessions held to prepare Cohen for his perjurious testimony or was
otherwise informed of Cohen’s intent to testify falsely. Trump will either be
charged as an unindicted co-conspirator or will be named as such in Mueller’s
forthcoming report.
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