Multiple Americans say former President Donald Trump broke no laws in his hush-money lawsuit, calling the indictment brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg the weakest in the court of public opinion. It has become.
by AP-NORC Public Relations Research Center Tuesday’s poll revealed President Trump, 77, illegally concealed payments he made to porn actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election to keep her quiet about an alleged affair with a married real estate mogul. Only 35% said they had done so.
The survey also found that 31% of Americans think President Trump acted unethically on this issue but not illegally, while an additional 14% said the 45th president did nothing wrong at all. I answered. Nearly one in five Americans (19%) said they did not know enough about the case to make a decision.
Survey respondents were more confident about three other pending lawsuits against Trump, and 45% said he believed he committed illegal acts to remain in power after losing the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden. 47% said they believed they broke the law in an attempt to overturn the election. His accomplishments in Georgia and his efforts to preserve national security documents at the Mar-a-Lago resort after leaving office.
President Trump also used business records to hide compensation he paid to then-attorney Michael Cohen for the $130,000 he paid Daniels in 2016 to keep Cohen’s relationship with the then-candidate quiet. He is charged with 34 counts of falsification.
Trump has denied any legal wrongdoing and any relationship with Daniels.
The hush money case marks the first time a current or former U.S. president has been criminally charged.
Public confidence in the handling of the Trump case is low, with only 31% believing prosecutors are treating the former president fairly, but if the presumptive Republican nominee is convicted, They still face serious consequences.
Exactly half of Americans, including 15% of Republicans and 47% of independents, say they do not think Trump would be fit to be president if he is convicted in the hush money scandal.
The Manhattan trial also takes up time for President Trump to go on the campaign trail ahead of what is likely to be a close race against President Biden.
“I would be campaigning in many other states right now, like Pennsylvania, Florida, North Carolina, Georgia,” Trump said during a court appearance Tuesday.
“This is all coming from the Biden White House because he can’t put two sentences together.”
The AP-NORC poll was conducted April 4-8 among 1,204 Americans and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.
