I drew no conclusions on the Mueller Report only to state a fact, Mueller said Cohen lied about Mueller having evidence President Trump told Cohen to lie to Congress. The embarrassment is to the media that ran with the story without confirming it.
The story wasn't unsourced. Speculation is that the SDNY office was the source, and as Cohen isn't a cooperating witness for them, they were less concerned than Mueller about spooking him. You know, because the "President" of the United States is making threats re: his testimony.
Mueller may have also been compelled to say something to make clear that his thus-far leak-proof office wasn't the source of the leak.
I'm mostly noting that the first time you refer to the story is to dunk on the "liberal media" when it is now
fact that Putin had leverage over the POTUS.
But near treason is not so notable, right, as long as the GOP donor class gets their tax cuts.