What we learned from the BuzzFeed News report that Trump told Cohen to lie to Congress

If confirmed, the report would offer the clearest evidence yet of obstruction of justice.

A bombshell new report claims that Donald Trump “personally instructed” his then-attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress in 2017 — perhaps the strongest indication yet that the president may have criminally tried to obstruct justice in connection with the Russia scandal.

The report comes from Jason Leopold and Anthony Cormier of BuzzFeed News, and it claims that Trump “directed” Cohen to lie about talks to build a Trump Tower Moscow.