It's become common in the liberal media to accuse President Trump of sounding like a "mob boss." But CNN legal analyst Elie Honig took things an ugly step further on Monday's New Day.
Speaking of President Trump's tweet in which he referred to Michael Cohen as a "rat," Honig said:
"People get killed because of that . . . People have been murdered because someone said, that guy's a rat."
Honig tried to cover his tracks by adding, "I'm not saying the President is trying to get Michael Cohen injured." Sure. I suppose that's why Alisyn Camerota, echoing Honig's accusation, added:
"Bad things happen to cooperators in prison."
A partial transcript is below:
New Day12/17/18
6:02am ET
JOHN BERMAN: [President Trump] rage-tweeted over the weekend. And I want to read you the one that is most glaring, because both of you, Jennifer [Rodgers] and Elie, I think this gets under your skin. The President says, "Remember, Michael Cohen only became a rat after the FBI did something which was absolutely unthinkable and unheard of until the witch hunt was illegally started. They broke into an attorney's office! Why didn't they break into the DNC to get the server, or Crooked's office?" Your reaction?
ELIE HONIG: This is the language that mob bosses use, and I don't say that based on TV or movies. Jennifer and I have both prosecuted organized crime, real Mafia families here in NYC. And we've heard the tapes, we've talked to the witnesses. This is the language they use. And I'll tell you: people get killed because of that. I have done trials, Jennifer has done trials, where people have been murdered because someone said, that guy is a rat. I'm not saying the President is trying to get Michael Cohen injured.
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ALISYN CAMEROTA: Bad things happen to cooperators in prison.
