A CNN poll on Friday found that only 13% of people believe former President Donald Trump is being treated like any other “criminal defendant.”
of investigation It appears to confirm Mr. Trump’s claims that the effort to bankrupt and imprison him is politically motivated by the White House.
“This is a witch hunt, it’s a disgrace, and it’s coming from Washington,” President Trump told reporters on Monday. “It coordinates with Washington and everything, including the prosecutor’s office. It coordinates with Washington.”
The poll also found that:
- 34% said Trump was treated more harshly than other defendants.
- 34% say Trump is treated more leniently than other defendants
- 19% said they didn’t hear enough of what they had to say
- 0% had no opinion
Additionally, polls have found that a majority of Americans do not have confidence in the president’s fair outcome.
- Only 44% of people were confident that the jury selected for the case would be able to reach a fair verdict.
- 56% were skeptical that a fair outcome would be achieved
The CNN poll sampled 1,212 adults from April 18 to April 23, and has a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points.
Matthew Colangelo, a former Biden Justice Department (DOJ) official, delivered opening statements for the prosecution in Trump’s criminal trial on Monday.
Democratic New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office recently hired Colangelo, a former senior Justice Department official who spent years targeting Trump in his previous job. washington examiner report:
Mr. Bragg did not hire Mr. Colangelo because of his experience as a white-collar prosecutor, which was lacking when he joined Mr. Bragg’s office. Rather, Mr. Bragg valued Mr. Colangelo’s “extensive knowledge” of the Trump Organization. new york times The report was released in late 2022, around the same time Mr. Bragg was trying to ramp up prosecution efforts against Mr. Trump.
Before his latest stint at the Justice Department, Colangelo worked with Attorney General Letitia James, who investigated Trump for three years before filing a major civil lawsuit against him and the Trump Organization in the fall of 2022. I was working below.
While in James’ office, Colangelo was involved in Trump’s civil litigation and also led federal efforts at the time, including filing lawsuits against the Trump administration and investigating the Trump Foundation.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg participates in a news conference in New York, Tuesday, February 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
An AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found Tuesday that only about one-third of American adults believe President Trump acted illegally in the incident.
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Wendell Husebo is a political reporter for Breitbart News and a former Republican war room analyst.he is the author of politics of slave morality.Follow Wendell “X” @WendellHusebø or society of truth @WendellHusebo.
