Sean Hannity
Role at the time: Fox News host, interviewing Zacharia on "Hannity"
Statement summary
Hannity asked Zacharia why she had drawn a distinction between a lawyer and an attorney instead of saying plainly that she never practiced law. He said he did not think most people see much difference between the two.
“Why get into this long, drawn-out definition between the difference between a lawyer and an attorney? ... Because I don’t think most people see much of a distinction. Why didn’t you just say, ‘I never practiced law?’”
Associated Press report on Zacharia's departure from the press secretary job on October 16, Trump's remarks to reporters that day and her October 15 Fox News interview with Sean Hannity.
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The matter under scrutiny is how Zacharia described her legal qualifications. Hannity faults her for relying on a lawyer-versus-attorney distinction instead of saying she never practiced law, which criticizes those descriptions. He does not address the bar complaint.