“On this show a few weeks ago, you predicted Trump had a reasonable chance of this judge granting his request for a special master,” Tapper stated. “I noted that a bunch of MSNBC legal commentators attacked you. Have they apologized at all? Have they acknowledged that were wrong and you were right?”

“No, Jake. I have thick skin,” Honig replied. “If you strip out the politics and look at this thing objectively, and we had this story as it broke, and if you understand how real district courts, trial courts work, to me it seemed like Donald Trump’s request was not unreasonable, was not unprecedented, and that he had a reasonable chance to succeed.” …

“I guess some legal commentators have a difficult time stripping out the politics,” echoed Tapper.