MSNBC Guest Recklessly Attacks Justice System, Claims Trump Appointed Judge Is ‘Biased and Corrupt’

Since the FBI raided former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, we’ve been treated to denouncements of Republicans attacking the integrity of the FBI.

Trump and his allies have claimed without evidence that the raid was a witchhunt driven by a politicized Justice Department to target someone who is seen as the current president’s chief political opponent. That, of course, leaves out the months-long effort to retrieve classified documents that preceded the raid, and allegations that Trump World attempted to obstruct the government’s effort to retrieve the documents.

Attacking the FBI and Justice Department without evidence of wrongdoing dangerously undermines the institutions and the rule of law. And those who called it out were right to do so.

But now that something has gone in Trump’s favor in this case, some liberals have decided that it’s actually OK to attack the justice system baselessly.

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon allowed for a third party, a special master, to review the documents seized from Mar-a-Lago and temporarily put a hold on investigators using those documents in their investigation.

Elie Mystal, a regular MSNBC guest and justice correspondent for The Nation, unloaded on Cannon with no basis other than the fact that she was appointed by Trump.