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'Obvious Political Persecution': New AP Poll Shows 7 in 10 Side With Trump in NYC Criminal Case

By Eric Bolling Staff

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 16: Former U.S. President Donald Trump heads to the courtroom after speaking to the media on the second day of his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 16, 2024 in New York City. Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records last year, which prosecutors say was an effort to hide a potential sex scandal, both before and after the 2016 presidential election. Trump is first former U.S. president to face trial on criminal charges. (Photo by Mary Altaffer-Pool/Getty Images)

According to a recent AP-NORC Poll, 7 in 10 Americans side with former President Donald Trump in his criminal hush money trial in NYC; most aren’t convinced he committed a crime.

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Only about one-third of U.S. adults say Trump did something illegal in the New York City criminal trial in which he’s charged with falsifying business records to pay a former adult film star to keep quiet before the 2016 election about an alleged extramarital affair.

Meanwhile, close to half think he did something illegal in the other three criminal cases pending against him. And they’re fairly skeptical that Trump is getting a fair shake from the prosecutors in the case — or that the judge and jurors can be impartial in cases involving him.

[A] cloud of doubt hangs over all the proceedings. Only about 3 in 10 Americans feel that any of the prosecutors who have brought charges against Trump are treating the former president fairly. And only about 2 in 10 Americans are extremely or very confident that the judges and jurors in the cases against him can be fair and impartial.

“It’s very obvious political persecution,” said Christopher Ruff, a 46-year-old political independent and museum curator from Sanford, North Carolina. “I’m no fan of Trump in any way, shape or form. Didn’t vote for him, never will. But it’s obviously all political.”



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