It turns out that the Cohen wiretap story from earlier today wasn’t in fact a wiretap at all, according to a correction by NBC News:
Correction: Michael Cohen's calls are being monitored but not being listened to. Pen register and not wiretap.
— Julia E. Ainsley (@JuliaEAinsley) May 3, 2018
NBC clarifying that feds did not wiretap content of Cohen's calls - just monitored what calls were made to who from his line. https://t.co/JtLMHE7Gcp
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) May 3, 2018
NBC has now retracted its "scoop" about a wiretap. A pen register is much easier to get and much less intrusive than a wiretap. No actual phone call content is listened to. Basically it's a real-time log of calls. https://t.co/KZxZrkF9Kb
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) May 3, 2018
Talk about fake news! That was the story of the day (well, this afternoon) and now we find out that NBC can’t get their story straight.
I’ll post the video from MSNBC as soon as I can get my grimy hands on it.
UPDATE:
Here’s the NBC News correction:
CORRECTION: Feds have pen-register, not wiretap on Michael Cohen pic.twitter.com/gXLckdKPeX
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 3, 2018