{"id":2243013,"date":"2024-05-12T17:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T21:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-fareed-zakaria-doubts-ny-case-against-trump-would-have-been-brought-against-anyone-else\/"},"modified":"2024-05-12T17:03:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T21:03:32","slug":"cnns-fareed-zakaria-doubts-ny-case-against-trump-would-have-been-brought-against-anyone-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-fareed-zakaria-doubts-ny-case-against-trump-would-have-been-brought-against-anyone-else\/","title":{"rendered":"Fareed Zakaria questions if NY case against Trump is unique"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnns-fareed-zakaria-doubts-ny-case-against-trump-would-have-been-brought-against-anyone-else%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2243013&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>CNN&#8217;s Fareed Zakaria expressed doubts about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attorney-may-be-limited-in-defense-after-texts-with-stormy-daniels-handed-over-to-da-report\/\" title=\"Trump attorney may be limited in defense after texts with Stormy Daniels handed over to DA: Report\">hush-money case<\/a> against\u200b former President Donald Trump in New York, suggesting it may be unique to him. He noted Republicans&#8217;\u200c support for Trump amid legal challenges and \u200cspeculated that\u2064 the trials could enhance his image, with \u200cmany questioning the fairness of the proceedings. Zakaria&#8217;s remarks were part of his show &#8220;GPS&#8221; on CNN. More \u200bdetails can be \u200dfound [here](https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnns-fareed-zakaria-calls-on-biden-to-implement-trumps-immigration-policies-its-the-right-policy).  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnns-fareed-zakaria-calls-on-biden-to-implement-trumps-immigration-policies-its-the-right-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN host Fareed Zakaria<\/a> said he doubts the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-prosecution-will-disrupt-other-trump-cases-ny-attorney-general-predicts\/\" title=\"NY Attorney General predicts Fed prosecution will disrupt other Trump cases.\">hush-money case brought<\/a> against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> in New York would have been levied against anyone else.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans \u201cseem to be uniting behind Trump\u201d as he faces multiple prosecutions while seeking another term in the White House and \u201cwhatever opposition he faced in the primaries has largely melted away,\u201d Zakaria said on \u201cGPS,\u201d his Sunday morning show that airs on CNN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the trials against him keep him in the spotlight, infuriate his base who sees him as a martyr, and even may serve to make him the object of some sympathy among people in general who believed that his prosecutors are politically motivated,\u201d Zakaria added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis happens to be true in my opinion,\u201d Zakaria continued. \u201cI doubt the New York indictment would have been brought against a defendant whose name was not Donald Trump. A majority of Americans are skeptical that Trump will be able to get a fair trial, according to a CNN poll.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8CNN\u2019s Fareed Zakaria on Trump\u2019s NY Criminal Trial:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI doubt the New York trial would have been brought against a defendant whose name was not Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hesN52odkU\">pic.twitter.com\/hesN52odkU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Hidalgo (@RealAndyHidalgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealAndyHidalgo\/status\/1789714636448595968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The results of a CNN poll conducted by SSRS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/25\/politics\/cnn-poll-trump-trial\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released in late April<\/a> showed that 13% of respondents nationwide felt that Trump was being treated the same as other criminal defendants.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to allegedly cover up payments, including to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, in a bid to conceal damaging information as part of a \u201ccatch-and-kill\u201d scheme to influence the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has pleaded not guilty and criticized what he says is a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michael-avenatti-claims-he-is-willing-to-testify-in-trump-hush-money-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">political persecution<\/a>.\u201d The trial is ongoing. The former president is facing three other criminal matters on the state and federal levels as he runs for re-election and has insisted that he is innocent throughout the process.<\/p>\n<p>Some <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-manhattan-da-bragg-hush-money-trial-a164881f43b1d5064a528b36eada937e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">experts<\/a> have suggested Bragg\u2019s case is on questionable footing because of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-is-actually-the-second-gop-presidential-candidate-indicted-by-local-democrats-in-a-decade\/\" title=\"Trump Is Actually The Second GOP Presidential Candidate Indicted By Local Democrats In A Decade\">dubious legal theory<\/a> used to gussy up misdemeanor charges to the felony level. CNN legal analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnns-honig-on-fani-willis-screwups-that-led-to-judge-kicking-some-charges-embarrassing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elie Honig<\/a> recently said there would be \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnn-analyst-says-trump-wouldnt-convicted-non-blue-area-case-relies-known-liar-michael-cohen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no chance of a conviction<\/a>\u201d if the case had been brought in a jurisdiction that was 50-50 split in support of Trump and President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to CNN&#8217;s Fareed Zakaria, the hush-money case against former President Trump in New York appears unique and unlikely to apply to others. Republicans are rallying around Trump despite his legal challenges as he considers a return to office, minimizing primary opposition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2243014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2136254959-scaled-e1715542402430.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2243013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2136254959-scaled-e1715542402430.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2243013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2243014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2243013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2243013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2243013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}