{"id":2254396,"date":"2024-05-28T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T20:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-legal-analyst-pans-trump-prosecution-as-hush-money-trial-wraps-they-fell-way-short\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T16:02:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T20:02:39","slug":"cnn-legal-analyst-pans-trump-prosecution-as-hush-money-trial-wraps-they-fell-way-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-legal-analyst-pans-trump-prosecution-as-hush-money-trial-wraps-they-fell-way-short\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN legal analyst criticizes Trump prosecution as hush-money trial concludes: &#8216;They missed the mark."},"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\">28<\/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%2Fcnn-legal-analyst-pans-trump-prosecution-as-hush-money-trial-wraps-they-fell-way-short%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=2254396&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 legal analyst, Randy Zelin, criticized the prosecution&#8217;s failure to meet \u2064the \u200bburden \u200dof proof in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-judge-sets-date-for-trumps-first-criminal-trial\/\" title=\"Trump's initial criminal trial date fixed by New York judge\">hush-money trial<\/a> against former President Donald Trump. Zelin&#8217;s \u2063comments were \u200dshared during a conversation with CNN anchor Kate Bolduan, who emphasized the prosecution&#8217;s responsibility \u200bto prove\u200d the case &#8220;beyond a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roger-stone-announces-he-will-sue-those-who-arrested-him-and-put-him-in-front-of-a-kangaroo-court\/\" title=\"Roger Stone Announces He Will Sue Those Who Arrested Him and Put Him In Front of a Kangaroo Court\">reasonable doubt<\/a>.&#8221; The analyst highlighted shortcomings in the case,\u2064 pointing out areas\u2063 of reasonable doubt.  <\/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>CNN legal analyst Randy Zelin, a defense attorney, told CNN anchor Kate Bolduan that he did not believe the prosecution had come anywhere close to meeting its burden in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/how-the-trump-trial-has-backfired-spectacularly-on-the-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hush-money trial<\/a> against former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Bolduan set Zelin up for the question, noting that in every court case, the burden of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-man-acquitted-of-killing-3-people-wounding-2-others-in-case-that-hinged-on-alibi-defense\/\" title=\"Minnesota man cleared of murdering 3, injuring 2 in alibi defense case.\">proof rests<\/a> on the prosecution \u2014 and the prosecutor\u2019s ability to prove the case \u201cbeyond a reasonable doubt\u201d to the jury.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8CNN LEGAL ANALYST ADMITS BRAGG\u2019S TEAM \u201cFELL WAY SHORT\u201d ON GETTING TRUMP!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey fell way short\u2026There is reasonable doubt all over this case,\u201d CNN legal analyst Randy Zelin said.<\/p>\n<p>Bragg definitely doesn\u2019t want you to share this! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FUZ8Dks2ZH\">pic.twitter.com\/FUZ8Dks2ZH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoLoudon\/status\/1795525019461914799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe burden of proof is an important one to remind everyone: It\u2019s on the prosecution, right? They need to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he commit \u2014 that Donald Trump broke the law. And you think after listening to all of this, you think they fell short,\u201d Bolduan began. \u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey fell way short, because let\u2019s start with reasonable doubt. What is reasonable doubt? And it\u2019s not simply a doubt based upon reason,\u201d Zelin began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny time a human being needs to make an important decision in life, if you have enough information, for example, doctor says you need open heart surgery. \u2018Doc, go ahead and schedule. I don\u2019t have a reasonable doubt.\u2019 Conversely, if I say, \u2018I appreciate it, but I need a second opinion, I need more information,\u2019 that is having a reasonable doubt. There is reasonable doubt all over this case,\u201d he continued.<\/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=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Zelin went on to name several of the prosecution\u2019s key witnesses and explain why he did not think they had made the case against Trump in a credible way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow did Michael Cohen get away with stealing $30,000? Hold a pity party for him \u2014 made $4 million on this, thought he\u2019d be chief of staff. He\u2019s a fixer! If the plumber comes to my house to fix my leak, I could be home. That doesn\u2019t mean I know how he\u2019s doing it and what it\u2019s taking to be fixed,\u201d Zelin said, suggesting that Trump may have hired a \u201cfixer,\u201d but still could have been unaware of the methods <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jim-jordan-mark-meadows-demand-michael-cohen-be-ashe-schow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cohen<\/a> had employed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStormy Daniels, let\u2019s hold a pity party for her. Why do we need to know whether or not the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-donald-trump-wear-his-pants-backwards-during-his-speech-at-the-north-carolina-gop-convention\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Donald Trump Wear His Pants Backwards During His Speech At The North Carolina GOP Convention?\">president wore<\/a> a condom or not?\u201d he continued. \u201cIt\u2019s simply about: Did the former president know that books, his records, false entries for legal fees \u2014 Michael Cohen was his lawyer \u2014 getting intent to cover up the election or to protect his family? It\u2019s everywhere. Everywhere!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN legal analyst Randy Zelin, a defense attorney, expressed doubts about the prosecution&#8217;s performance in the hush-money trial against ex-President Trump. CNN anchor Kate Bolduan highlighted the burden of proof in court cases, leading to Zelin&#8217;s critique of the prosecution&#8217;s inadequacies in meeting that standard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2254397,"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-2155051723.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2254396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2155051723.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254396","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2254396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2254397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2254396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2254396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2254396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}