The Co-Authors Of Buzzfeed’s Trump “Bombshell” Are Now Contradicting EACH OTHER

As I mentioned earlier, Buzzfeed published a “Bombshell” report that alleged President Trump had instructed Michah Cohen to lie to Congress.

Only…about that…

BuzzfeedNews Bombshell Reporter: No We Have Not Seen the Evidence Supporting Our Report https://t.co/zzQ3zFCW38 pic.twitter.com/QH43ojbNus

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) January 18, 2019

Anthony Cormier is one of the two investigative reporter at BuzzfeedNews who co-authored the bombshell report published Thursday night — a report which claimed President Donald Trump directed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie during Congressional testimony over discussions between the Trump Organization and Russian authorities about a Trump Tower Moscow project.

Cormier appeared on CNN’s New Day and revealed that he had not seen the evidence underlying his report.

Host Alisyn Camerota opened the interview by asking Cormier if he had seen the evidence to which Cormier replied: “Not personally.” He then clarified that “the folks we have talked to — two officials we have spoken to are 100 percent read into that aspect of the Special Counsel’s investigation”.

WTH????

I mean… is this really acceptable to them now? HOW?!

But then there’s the OTHER author:

Was just tipped off via DM. This reporter is the first name on the buzzfeed byline. So yeah, my skepticism wasn’t unwarranted. https://t.co/IySHs1Zv0l

— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) January 18, 2019

Jason Leopold. The same guy who did this:

Leopold’s latest addition to his application for membership in the Stephen Glass school of journalism came on May 12 of this year, when he got what appeared to be the scoop of a lifetime. Now writing for Truthout.org, Leopold reported that Karl Rove “told President Bush and Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten, as well as a few other high level administration officials,” that he was about to be indicted in the Valerie Plame CIA leak case, “according to people knowledgeable about these discussions.”

Leopold claimed that multiple sources “confirmed Rove’s indictment is imminent. These individuals requested anonymity saying they were not authorized to speak publicly about Rove’s situation.”

Well, today we learned that special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said he would not seek charges against Rove.

And now THIS guy is speaking out to ENTIRELY CONTRADICT HIS CO-AUTHOR.

BuzzFeed’s @a_cormier_ told CNN this morning that they have not actually seen the documents they’re reporting on.

But his colleague, @JasonLeopold, who cowrote the piece, just told MSNBC: “I’ll just say we’ve seen documents, we’ve been briefed on documents.” pic.twitter.com/cQtlj0SdYo

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 18, 2019

Yeeeeeah.

wut? pic.twitter.com/T5Inqf2afP

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 18, 2019

Cormier on CNN says had not personally seen evidence. Leopold on MSNBC stating he saw documents. Probably should get your guys on the same page here @BuzzFeedBen

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 18, 2019

Did you see evidence to support your report or not? Seems like a pretty important detail to get right between two people sharing a byline in your bombshell nail in the coffin impeachment of a sitting president. @BuzzFeedBen

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 18, 2019

“I don’t think that we’ve said that we haven’t seen them.” – Leopold’s exact quote on MSBC after being asked about Cormier’s comments on CNN earlier.

Cormier’s quote – “No, I’ve not seen it personally.” when asked by Alisyn Camerota

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 18, 2019

Clean up in aisle 5 unanswered questions you won’t believe about the Buzzfeed Trump Moscow report @BuzzFeedBen

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 18, 2019

But I’m gonna be honest… I’d trust a chicken bone before I trust him.

SOMEONE is lying.

Could it possibly be the guy who has…you know… a long reputation of LYING?

Only time will tell.