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Pursued by federal prosecutors on unrelated charges of campaign-finance violations, Parnas broke his silence for reasons he is yet to fully explain.
Speaking out now, he told Maddow he felt like somebody who had just emerged, blinking, from a cult.
He described a sense of unthinking idolatry when doing Trump's bidding and belief that the president would help protect him. He told The New York Times that he "thought by listening to the president and his attorney that I couldn't possibly get in trouble or do anything wrong."
This cult-like devotion in those who surround Trump is not unique to Parnas. Michael Cohen, Trump's former fixer and attorney, also described a fanatical dedication to the president.
A friend of Cohen's, cited last February by The Times, said Cohen "would describe it as being something akin to a cult" and "got sucked into it."
The person went on: "And his life is in shambles because of it."
https://www.businessinsider.com/analysis-trump-wanted-cult-reverence-now-backfiring-2020-1
Speaking out now, he told Maddow he felt like somebody who had just emerged, blinking, from a cult.
He described a sense of unthinking idolatry when doing Trump's bidding and belief that the president would help protect him. He told The New York Times that he "thought by listening to the president and his attorney that I couldn't possibly get in trouble or do anything wrong."
This cult-like devotion in those who surround Trump is not unique to Parnas. Michael Cohen, Trump's former fixer and attorney, also described a fanatical dedication to the president.
A friend of Cohen's, cited last February by The Times, said Cohen "would describe it as being something akin to a cult" and "got sucked into it."
The person went on: "And his life is in shambles because of it."
https://www.businessinsider.com/analysis-trump-wanted-cult-reverence-now-backfiring-2020-1
