The Hill: Nearly half in new poll say Trump indictment is politically motivated
Almost half of Americans in a new poll said that they believe the federal indictment of former President Trump is politically motivated after he was charged with 37 counts in relation to the alleged mishandling of records at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Forty-seven percent of respondents in the ABC News/Ipsos poll released Sunday say the charges against Trump are politically motivated, while 37 percent say they are not. Sixteen percent say they are not sure.
Most Republicans — 80 percent — say the charges announced last week are politically motivated, with only 16 percent of Democrats aligning with that view.
By comparison, 71 percent of Democrats say the charges are not rooted in politics. Only nine percent of Republicans say the same.
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WNU Editor: Only half?!?!?!?
The details of the ABC/IPSOS poll are here .... Most Americans view latest Trump charges as serious (IPSOS).
Update: Lawyer Robert Barnes is right (see tweet below). But that is not the media or political narrative right now.
Any executive branch document created before or during a Presidency is the President's to do with as he pleases. That's the point of The Presidential Records Act. It has to be that way to keep Constitutional power in the hands of the only elected official of the executive branch.…
— Robert Barnes (@barnes_law) June 9, 2023