A majority of Americans believe politics played a role in the Justice Department’s indictment of former President Donald Trump, according to a new CNN poll.
Announced by CNN A poll Tuesday showed 71 percent of Americans believe the decision to accuse Trump of mishandling classified documents was motivated, at least in part, by political concerns. .
But blaming politics for indictments is not the same as opposing them. A majority of adults (55%) believe President Trump has committed misconduct in handling classified documents, and 61% support prosecution. A majority of Democrats (53%), independents (67%) and Republicans (92%) also believe politics were involved in the indictment. (Related article: Merrick Garland breaks silence on Trump prosecution, says he can’t mention ‘details’)
Reading the new CNN poll…
71% believe politics played a role in Trump’s prosecution, but 55% believe he did something illegal and only 15% believe he did nothing wrong. rice field. Fifty-seven percent said he endangered national security.
Trump’s favorability rating among independents is -40. pic.twitter.com/UL1J9qf2QG
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The same poll found that 47% of Republican and Republican-leaning voters said Trump was the top choice in the party’s primary, and 54% said Trump’s actions were less important than his effectiveness. there is
Only 12% said other Republican candidates should focus on condemning Trump’s allegations, and only 26% said Trump should stop the campaign because of the allegations. was.
Most Americans disagreed, with 59% saying Trump should stop campaigning. A similar figure, 57%, said Trump’s handling of the documents was a national security risk.
Trump was indicted by the Justice Department on 37 counts of mishandling classified documents and obstructing the government’s recovery of them. The charges came as a result of special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case investigation. President Joe Biden is still under investigation by the Justice Department special counsel for mishandling classified documents.
The CNN poll was conducted June 13-17 by the SSRS following Trump’s arraignment in a court in Miami, Fla.
The poll was a random sample of 1,350 people drawn from a probability-based panel. Of the respondents, 561 were Republican or Republican-leaning voters. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.4% for the entire sample and 5.2% for Republican and Republican-leaning voters.
