Ronan Farrow (New Yorker): "I can't speak to Buzzfeed's sourcing, but, for what it's worth...."

[steve2470]

I can’t speak to Buzzfeed’s sourcing, but, for what it’s worth, I declined to run with parts of the narrative they conveyed based on a source central to the story repeatedly disputing the idea that Trump directly issued orders of that kind.

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Note that the general thrust of Cohen lying to Congress “in accordance with” or “to support and advance” Trump’s agenda (per Cohen’s legal memo) is not in dispute. The source disputed the further, more specific idea that Trump issued—and memorialized—repeated direct instructions.

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[oberliner]

1. He seems like a more thorough reporter

[wishstar]

2. Ronan explains it very well

His explanation based on Ronan's source matches what we know from court records of the Mueller Cohen sentencing and Cohen's court statements.

[Raine]

3. Ronan is a good reporter, a real reporter

[a kennedy]

4. Agree with Ronan......and so hope we will find out the truth.

Would love for this to be true tRump telling Conan to lie, but really have my doubts now. DAMN.

[maxsolomon]

5. No Mob Boss "memorializes" his instructions to his Bag Man.

Simply saying "take care of it" is how it's done.

Has no one seen a movie around here?