I cannot understand why Herr Mueller would do that.
Perhaps it was an intentional fake-news leak from the WH, intended to catch the leakers and embarrass the Enemedia.
Possibly Whittaker yanked his leash.
How about because it wasn’t accurate?
Note the difference bewteen “not accurate” and “false”.
If Mueller allowed this fake story to build as Dems were demanding answers so that they could formally start impeachment procedures and Mueller sat on it until he turned in his report with nothing to show for Cohen saying that Trump told him to lie then the Dems and media would be in complete meltdown and letdown! Mueller team have been recently throwing out balloons that people shouldn’t expect much from the report to get them ready. Plus Whitaker probably already went through what Mueller has and told them to knock it down
Levin says Mueller is afraid of a leak investigation.
I suspect it was a canary trap to catch a suspected leaker. Looks like they got him.
Watch the last 5 minutes of Hannity last night to see what Joe DeGenova thinks. Joe has worked with the new AG, Bill Barr for over three decades. Joe says that even though Barr and Mueller are lifelong friends, Barr would fire Mueller if he would let a lie like this one stand.