Mueller wants to make clear that his office is not feeding Buzzfeed information or documents, particularly because Mueller does not want Buzzfeed to interfere with prosecution timeline re charging.
Buzzfeed stands by their reporting that Trump had Cohen as his point man re Moscow project, and thereafter, that Trump directed Cohen to lie under oath about Russian connections. It appears Buzzfeed’s characterization that there was a “smoking gun” within the “supporting documents” was embellished.