CNN’s Phil Mudd Mauls ‘Dirtbag’ Hannity in Fiery Diatribe: ‘I’m So Pissed Off’ He Called Mueller a ‘Crime Boss’

Counterterrorism analyst and CNN contributor Phil Mudd has never been shy about speaking his mind, but this was a new level of forthrightness.

On CNN Newsroom Thursday, John Berman noted that President Donald Trump called for his Twitter followers to tune into Hannity, and “minutes later, probably not coincidentally, Sean Hannity said” that special counsel Robert Mueller is a “crime boss.”

Hannity opened his Fox News show Wednesday night with a monologue slamming former FBI director James Comey for his reported comparison of Trump to a “mob boss,” making the case that by that standard, Mueller is also criminal.

When Berman asked Mudd for his thoughts on Hannity’s comments, Mudd went on a veritable tirade.

Here’s what he said:

I spent four and a half years by Robert Mueller. This is a storied prosecutor, one of the most legendary FBI directors – spent 12 years as an FBI director for both President Bush and President Obama – decorated military veteran being compared to a crime boss when he’s investigating a man who bragged about his genitalia during a campaign, who lied about the Obama birth certificate during the campaign and said so, whose press secretary lied within 24 hours of getting into the White House, who lied about the Trump Tower’s being wired, who’s got – what – 17, 18 women, I’ve lost the number of fingers to count on how many women who’ve said he did something inappropriate, whose advisors have quit because they lied to federal investigators about everything from financial fraud to their involvement with the Russian ambassador, so you got that dirtbag telling me that one of the most storied FBI directors ever is a crime boss? You put [Trump and Mueller] side by side and you tell me what we got here John, facts or facts?

And the coup-de-grace: “Robert Mueller’s an American legend, the president is a dirtbag.”

Berman was left stunned and reminded Mudd that he was talking about the President of the United States, calling his words a “remarkable statement.”

“Oh come on, John, he spoke about his genitalia,” Mudd replied. “He made fun of a woman’s face during the campaign. He made fun of a woman’s menstrual cycle. What do you want me to say?”

Watch above, via CNN.

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