Most Say Trump Knew About Efforts to Mislead Investigators
Thursday, January 31, 2019
West Long Branch, NJ – The Monmouth University Poll finds that more than 6-in-10 Americans believe that President Donald Trump was aware that people like Roger Stone, Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort or others tried to conceal information from federal investigators. Half believe that he personally asked at least some of them to do it. The poll also finds that half the public continues to be concerned that Trump may be too friendly toward Russia. A majority believe that his family’s business dealings in Russia influence how he deals with that country and they are evenly divided on whether Russia might have damaging information about the president that they are using against him. Most Americans say that the federal government is still not doing enough to stop Russian meddling in the U.S. election process.
Fully 62% of the public believes Trump was aware of people associated with his campaign trying to mislead government investigators or Congress. Just 32% say he had no knowledge of this. Half (50%) believe that Trump has personally asked others to provide misleading information about his business dealings or Russian election interference compared to 42% who feel he has not done this. Among Democrats, 91% say the president was aware of dishonesty by others and 84% say Trump personally asked others to mislead investigators. Among independents, 62% say he was aware of dishonesty by others and 49% say he personally asked others to mislead investigators. Among Republicans, 26% say he was aware of dishonesty by others and 13% say he personally asked others to mislead investigators.
“After a number of indictments and guilty pleas, there’s a pervading sense that Trump was aware that others were trying to cover up his business dealings or what his campaign may have known about Russian meddling in the 2016 race,” said Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Polling Institute.
more:
http://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_us_013119/
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