Former federal judge J. Michael Luttig blasted former President Trump for his attacks on judges in his legal cases, arguing that nothing would change because those in power haven't really "addressed it."

"We all have to understand that from the first time the former president began his attacks, vicious attacks on the federal courts and the state courts and their individual judges, his objective was to delegitimize those courts," Luttig said Friday on MSNBC's "Deadline White House."

"So that when and if they ruled against him in the various matters that he's been charged with, then, at least his followers, if not a good part of the nation, would dismiss those rulings against him as having been politically inspired and motivated," he continued.

Luttig added, "Now, he's the only one at the moment who's claiming that those institutions are no longer legitimate. But ... many of his followers believe it today."

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