NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s decision to ignore a request from the judge overseeing his Manhattan “hush money” case to tone down ramped-up rhetoric against New York authorities was condemned as “despicable” Wednesday — and unbecoming of a mafia chief, never mind a former president.
“You do not have this behavior from a mob boss. There is a rule in organized crime. You do not do this with respect to prosecutors. You don’t do this with respect to the judge. You certainly don’t go after their families. It’s bad business to do that,” former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissman said on MSNBC.
“There’s no level to which he is not stooping,” Weissman said, describing Trump’s comments as “despicable.”
