Legal eagle Andrew Weissmann attacked his former employer, the U.S. Justice Department, for what he called going above and beyond to accommodate Donald Trump.
"The road to Hell is paved with good intentions," Weissmann explained, speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on Thursday.
"I think if you go down the road of trying to accommodate Donald Trump in a way that is inconsistent with what you do with anyone else without there being a reason, he's protected by the Secret Service. That's fine to take that into account because it's different," said Weissmann.
"If you take this as an example, a small example, but it's still an example of the actual first arraignment where the magistrate was not setting standard conditions ...A standard condition is you cannot talk to witnesses. That's where the government just has to bite the bullet.
"That is a really inappropriate accommodation in this case because the indictment itself charges that he tried to solicit obstruction of justice from his own counsel [Evan Corcoran] and from Mr. [Walt] Nauta," said Weissmann. "And so it's not like there's some factual reason to say it's inappropriate here. I just think that's where you just have to live and die by the norms, exactly. And it doesn't stop Donald Trump from saying I'm being vilified and I'm being victimized. He's going to say that no matter what."
It would be better now for the DOJ to admit that they've treated Trump more favorably, he explained.
"That's not a great look either," continued Weissmann. "How about treating him like everyone else?"
Over the course of the past few days, Trump has alleged that he's the victim of a two-tiered justice system. Observers agree, saying he's being treated more favorably with a "platinum arraignment."
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