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.
From NEWSMAX:
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.
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[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.”
This case needs to be dismissed. AP-NORC Poll: 7 in 10 Side With Trump in New York Criminal Case https://t.co/F94KvcEXoX
— 🇺🇸𝔻𝕦𝕥𝕔𝕙🇺🇸 (@pr0ud_americans) April 16, 2024