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MSNBC'ssaid Wednesday he believeswould immediately throw his media critics — including the "Morning Joe" host and his wife and co-host,— in jail "if he could get away with it," in an effort to silence his critics.The opinion from the former GOP congressman comes after Trump criticized the seven- to nine-year sentence recommended for his former associatein a Tuesday tweet. The Department of Justice then announced it was changing its recommendation, which appeared to prompt the entire four-prosecutor team working on the case to resign from it.“Would Donald Trump not do whatever he could do if he could get away with it? Seriously,” Scarborough asked rhetorically on Wednesday morning.“If he could arrest every journalist he didn’t like, if he could arrest us tomorrow? Let me ask you a question: do you think he would arrest us tomorrow?" he continued. "Do you think he would arrest the editor of The New York Times, the editor of The Washington Post,? Do you think he would arrest them tomorrow and throw them in jail to silence them?”Bezos, Amazon's founder and CEO, is the owner of The Washington Post, while Marty Baron serves as editor-in-chief.“If he felt like it," co-host Brzezinski replied."Because if you don't think he wouldn't, you're just lying to yourself," Scarborough said.