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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Jun 30, 2022, 02:51 PM Jun 2022

About half say Trump should be charged for 1/6: AP-NORC poll

WASHINGTON (AP) — About half of Americans believe former President Donald Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, a new poll shows.

The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 48% of U.S. adults say the Republican former president should be charged with a crime for his role, while 31% say he should not be charged. An additional 20% say they don’t know enough to have an opinion. Fifty-eight percent say Trump bears a great deal or quite a bit of responsibility for what happened that day.

The poll was conducted after five public hearings by the House committee investigating Jan. 6, which has sought to paint Trump’s potential criminal culpability in the events that led to deadly insurrection. But it was taken before Tuesday’s surprise hearing featuring former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson. Her explosive testimony provided the most compelling evidence yet that the former president could be linked to a federal crime, experts say.

Views on Trump’s criminal liability break down predictably along party lines, with 86% of Democrats but only 10% of Republicans saying Trump should be charged with a crime. Among Republicans, 68% say he should not be charged and 21% say they don’t know. Still, the fact that nearly half the country believes he should be prosecuted is a remarkable position for the former president, pointing to the difficulties he could face if he makes another run at the White House in 2024.

https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-crime-donald-trump-congress-government-and-politics-bb9efcbca309c3acb66e9c6d8a13657d

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About half say Trump should be charged for 1/6: AP-NORC poll (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
We have become a country of minority numbers who try and control our very thought and actions .... Lovie777 Jun 2022 #1
Let's see some polling after Tuesday's hearing. It's livetohike Jun 2022 #2

livetohike

(22,084 posts)
2. Let's see some polling after Tuesday's hearing. It's
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 03:03 PM
Jun 2022

incredible that anyone would deny his responsibility. Also, let’s hear more about that meeting at the Willard
Hotel and the communications after that meeting.

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