BuzzFeed’s Leopold ‘I Don’t Think We’ve Said We Haven’t Seen’ the Documents

JACKSON Let me start ░░░░░░░░ Rudy Giuliani s reaction ░░░░░░░░ s telling NBC News ░░░░░░░░ morning If you believe ░░░░░░░░ Cohen I can get ░░░░░░░░ a great deal on ░░░░░░░░ Brooklyn Bridge What s ░░░░░░░░ response LEOPOLD Sure I ░░░░░░░░ not surprised by Mr ░░░░░░░░ s reaction to the ░░░░░░░░ However I ll say ░░░░░░░░ the information that we ░░░░░░░░ obtained and spent months ░░░░░░░░ related to this go ░░░░░░░░ simply Michael Cohen and ░░░░░░░░ statements And as we ░░░░░░░░ the information that is ░░░░░░░░ the hands of the ░░░░░░░░ and special counsel include ░░░░░░░░ documents and interviews with ░░░░░░░░ JACKSON Now your colleague ░░░░░░░░ you wrote the story ░░░░░░░░ says that neither of ░░░░░░░░ when you talk about ░░░░░░░░ documents that you guys ░░░░░░░░ t actually seen them ░░░░░░░░ haven t seen the ░░░░░░░░ the texts e mails ░░░░░░░░ cetera So how confident ░░░░░░░░ you that they actually ░░░░░░░░ that this is true ░░░░░░░░ I don t think ░░░░░░░░ ve said we haven ░░░░░░░░ seen them But I ░░░░░░░░ say that I m ░░░░░░░░ confident that they JACKSON ░░░░░░░░ colleague said on CNN ░░░░░░░░ morning that you were ░░░░░░░░ on these documents by ░░░░░░░░ law enforcement sources you ░░░░░░░░ Can you clarify for ░░░░░░░░ the status of that ░░░░░░░░ Sure Over the course ░░░░░░░░ a year we ve ░░░░░░░░ pretty extensively on the ░░░░░░░░ Moscow project and we ░░░░░░░░ been I ll just ░░░░░░░░ we ve seen documents ░░░░░░░░ ve been briefed on ░░░░░░░░ We re very confident ░░░░░░░░ our reporting JACKSON That ░░░░░░░░ what I m trying ░░░░░░░░ get to here Jason ░░░░░░░░ idea One thing we ░░░░░░░░ saying is if this ░░░░░░░░ true it has serious ░░░░░░░░ But you can t ░░░░░░░░ the if this is ░░░░░░░░ part LEOPOLD Right I ░░░░░░░░ understand that JACKSON But ░░░░░░░░ are confident in your ░░░░░░░░ It is sparked as ░░░░░░░░ say it has sparked ░░░░░░░░ lot of reaction I ░░░░░░░░ sure you ve seen ░░░░░░░░ Castro saying the President ░░░░░░░░ now resign or be ░░░░░░░░ if this is true ░░░░░░░░ Schiff says we will ░░░░░░░░ what s necessary to ░░░░░░░░ out if it s ░░░░░░░░ Chris Murphy says it ░░░░░░░░ time for Mueller to ░░░░░░░░ show Congress its cards ░░░░░░░░ it s too late ░░░░░░░░ them to do something ░░░░░░░░ where you do go ░░░░░░░░ in your reporting Have ░░░░░░░░ avenues come open to ░░░░░░░░ in the last 12 ░░░░░░░░ since this story broke ░░░░░░░░ you re now digging ░░░░░░░░ on LEOPOLD Yeah we ░░░░░░░░ continuing in an effort ░░░░░░░░ try to advance it ░░░░░░░░ also where one trying ░░░░░░░░ see how much we ░░░░░░░░ get in terms of ░░░░░░░░ of the color if ░░░░░░░░ will with regard to ░░░░░░░░ of these face to ░░░░░░░░ briefings that Michael Cohen ░░░░░░░░ with Donald Trump regarding ░░░░░░░░ time that it took ░░░░░░░░ during the campaign We ░░░░░░░░ a pretty good idea ░░░░░░░░ that More or less ░░░░░░░░ some of the color ░░░░░░░░ it and essentially trying ░░░░░░░░ pry loose some of ░░░░░░░░ documents so we can ░░░░░░░░ it with the public.”