Lev Parnas and Michael Cohen are right to think working for Trump was like being in a cult, according to a cult expert

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• In an interview with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Thursday night, former Giuliani associate Lev Parnas said working for Trump was "cult-like." An expert on cults said he's right.
• Steve Hassen, author of "The Cult of Trump" and a former cultist himself, told Insider that aspects of Trump's circle meet the technical definitions of a cult.
• Trump's own personality traits — like feeling beyond reproach, twisting the truth, and ignoring dissent — track to those of other cult leaders, he said.
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Rudy Giuliani's associate Lev Parnas and President Donald Trump's ex-lawyer lawyer Michael Cohen described working for the president as like being in a cult.

An author on cults, who used to be in one himself, says they're right.

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