CNN’s Fareed Zakaria Admits Prosecutors Would not File Hush Money Charges Against Anyone but Trump
Fareed Zakaria, an Indian-born CNN anchor and outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump, made a surprising admission on Sunday about the forty-fifth U.S. President’s ongoing “hush money” trial concerning alleged payments to pornographic “actress” Stormy Daniels to remain quiet about an alleged affair.
During Sunday’s instalment of Zakaria’s eponymous CNN show Fareed Zakaria GPS, the Muslim-born talking head conveyed his skepticism that such charges would be brought against anyone but Trump and expressed his concern that such lawfare could alienate people from the Democratic party and motivate Trump’s supporters.
CNN’S FAREED ZAKARIA: “I doubt the New York indictment would have been brought against a defendant whose name was not Donald Trump.” pic.twitter.com/JgmAKpJCNO
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“The trials against [Trump] keep him in the spotlight, infuriate his base — who see him as a martyr and even may serve to make him the object of some sympathy among people in general who believe that his prosecutors are politically motivated,” Zakaria said.