Updated Jan. 19 at 1:05 p.m. ET
The office of special counsel Robert Mueller made a rare statement on Friday night to dispute the report by BuzzFeed News that President Trump had instructed his former lawyer to lie to Congress.
The Justice Department announcement appeared not quite 24 hours after the explosive story from Thursday night. Although it didn’t go into detail, the response suggested the story didn’t correctly reflect the special counsel’s dealings with Trump’s ex-fixer.
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