A majority of Americans believe former President Trump is being treated differently than most criminal defendants in his hush money case. according to to new CNN poll.
Another recent poll by The Economist/YouGov found that 24% of Americans think the former president will be convicted in the hush-money scandal, while 36% say they don’t think the former president will be convicted; 39% said they did not think so. They weren’t sure.
President Trump’s hush money trial began last Monday, marking the first criminal trial of an American president. He was charged with falsifying business records related to repaying then-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, but he denies it. .
Another recent poll by The Economist/YouGov found that 24% of Americans think the former president will be convicted in the hush-money scandal, and 36% say they don’t think the former president will be convicted. , 39% said they thought so. They weren’t sure.
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.
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 a legal expense, an accountant. I didn’t know,” President Trump told reporters. “Please record it as a legal expense.” That’s exactly what happened. Is that why you’re going to be prosecuted?
The CNN poll was conducted by SSRS from April 18 to 23, had 1,212 respondents, and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.
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