Americans are divided on whether former President Trump will be convicted in his hush money case in New York, according to new reports. poll.
An Economist/YouGov poll found that 24 percent of Americans think the former president will be convicted in the case. In the same poll, 36% said they did not think the former president would be convicted, and 39% said they were unsure whether he would be convicted.
The poll found that 43% of Americans think Trump should be convicted in the case, 37% think he should not be convicted and 20% are unsure. is the answer.
President Trump’s hush money trial in New York began on Monday, making it the first criminal trial for an American president. The former president was charged with falsifying business records related to repayments to former lawyer Michael Cohen, who paid the adult film actor $130,000 to keep quiet about an alleged affair with Trump before the 2016 election. He has been charged with a crime, which he denies. .
After the second day of jury selection in the trial, President Trump called the reimbursements “legal costs” and placed some of the blame on the accountants.
“I was paying a lawyer and I recorded it as legal fees. My accountant. I didn’t know,” Trump told reporters. “Please record it as a legal expense. That’s exactly what happened. Is that why you’re going to be prosecuted?”
A recent Yahoo News/YouGov study also found that 57% of Americans say “falsifying business records to hide hush money payments to porn stars” is a “serious crime.” Thirty percent said the same crime was “not serious,” while 14% said they were unsure.
The Economist/YouGov poll was conducted from April 14 to 16, had a margin of error of 3.2 percentage points, and had 1,574 respondents.
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