Marcy Wheeler, who's been doing a lot of good writing on Trump, Russia and Mueller lately, wrote a rather scathing - and in my view fairly convincing - article criticising this claimed fact check: https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/02/19/in-two-so-called-fact-... (Not that it matters. The New York Times can convince the world that black is white and white is black, and everyone will believe them. Won't be the first time.)