Ex-MSNBC host accuses right-wing host of 'rolling over for Trump' in heated debate

Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan on Thursday slammed conservative host Piers Morgan on his own show, according to Mediaite, during a conversation about President-elect Donald Trump's lawsuits against news organizations like CBS and ABC.

The MAGA leader sued ABC News last year after the network's George Stephanopoulos said on air: "Judges and two separate juries have found [Trump] liable for rape and for defaming the victim of that rape."

The news outlet settled the case last month for $15 million.

"Trump’s suing people because actually, people like George Stephanopoulos lied about him," the Uncensored host told Hasan. "They’d exaggerated what’d he been found guilty of. And guess what?"

"You and I both know ABC would’ve won in court," Hasan shot back.

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Morgan replied, "ABC didn’t go to court. They gave him $15 million."

"Why do you think that is, Piers?" the founder of the new media organization, Zeteo, asked. "Because of a legal argument? Or because they’re sucking up to an authoritarian?"

Morgan replied, "Or because they knew they were gonna lose."

"No, bulls—t," Hasan shot back. "No legal expert agrees with you on that. Piers, legal experts don’t agree with you on that, actually. Most lawyers don’t agree with you on that. You’re wrong."

Morgan replied, "Mehdi, you’ll never agree with me about that."

"Do you support Donald Trump suing a pollster because he doesn’t like a poll result," Hasan hit back. "This is insane, piers. I thought you were a free speech [unintelligible], but now you’re rolling over for Trump as well."

"Donald Trump can sue who he likes," Morgan replied.

Hasan asked again, "Do you support it, is my question. Do you support a president of the United States suing media organizations he doesn’t like?"

Watch the video below.