Alan Dershowitz has made no secret to his blatant opposition of the appointment of a special counsel to investigate possible links between President Donald Trump‘s campaign and Russia. Now, he’s going after the man charged with heading the probe. And he’s not holding back.

In an appearance on WNYM radio in New York Sunday, Dershowitz absolutely blasted special counsel Robert Mueller.

“I think Mueller is a zealot,” Dershowitz said. “I don’t think he’s partisan. I don’t think he cares whether he hurts Democrats or Republicans. But he’s [nonpartisan] and a zealot.”

Dershowitz — the longtime Harvard Law professor and current professor emeritus — recalled Mueller’s role in the Whitey Bulger case back when he was director of the FBI. The legal scholar claimed that many in Boston harbor resentment towards Mueller over his actions in that case.

“Those of us in Boston don’t have such a high regard for Mueller because we remember this story,” Dershowitz said. “The government had to pay out tens of millions of dollars because Whitey Bulger, a notorious mass murderer, became a government informer against the mafia.”

Dershowitz added, “that’s regarded in Boston as one of the great scandals of modern judicial history. And Mueller was right at the center of it.”

Listen above, via WNYM.

This story has been updated to more accurately reflect Dershowitz’s comments about Mueller’s partisanship.

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