A lawyer for Michael Cohen blasted gibes by President Donald Trump concerning Cohen’s family that he compared to threats from a “mafioso don” intended to “intimidate a witness.”

“The president of the United States [is] trying to intimidate a witness that is trying to tell the truth and called him a rat for telling the truth. That sounds like a mafioso don ... it creates fear in the family of Michael Cohen,” attorney Lanny Davis told Chuck Todd on MSNBC’s “MTP Daily.”

“There is fear that Mr. Trump has supporters either in this country or maybe abroad that have a motivation to harm,” Davis added.

Davis was addressing different remarks by Trump, including a tweet Friday written in response to a BuzzFeed story Thursday that said the president had directed Cohen, his former personal attorney, to lie about to Congress about Trump’s involvement with a Moscow real estate project during the 2016 presidential campaign. In Friday’s tweet, Trump mentioned Cohen’s father-in-law, who he has claimed should be investigated — without offering any details.