If Trump wins, many Americans still think he will face impeachment

WASHINGTON – Majority of Americans think it would be “wrong” Donald Trump Bringing down the Ministry of Justice federal charges against him if he wins back the White House, according to a report new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll.

Legal observers say the Trump Justice Department has no chance of pursuing two federal cases that judges have described as a “witch hunt” led by a prosecutor he calls “unbalanced.” But about 58 percent of voters who responded to the poll said it would be “wrong” for Trump to direct the department to drop the charges, while 30 percent said it would be the “right” thing to do. About one in 10 people were undecided.

A similar majority of 56 percent said federal and state prosecutors should continue to pursue charges against Trump if he loses to the Vice President. Kamala Harris According to the poll, on November 5, the opposition rate was 38%. Nearly 5 percent said they were undecided.

The margin of error for the survey of 1,000 voters conducted by landline and cell phone Oct. 14-18 is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

Some voters talked about the importance of treating Trump the same as anyone accused of a crime.

“For her to deny the charges against her or appoint someone to deny it is a greater crime than what she actually did,” said Steve Morrissey, 60, an engineer in Omaha, Nebraska, who supports Harris. “No one should be above the law. It should proceed as it should for others.

But the poll sparked reactions as polarized as the campaign. Some voters are concerned about the chaos and uncharted territory created by the ongoing criminal charges against the president while he is in office.

Cullie Gentry, 35, of Rankin, Texas, who works in the oil fields and supports Trump, said it would be better if the charges against the former president were dropped whether he won or lost.

“I definitely think he should be freed from these charges,” Gentry said. “Dangerous. “We live like a Third World country where you judge your political opponents.”

Pending lawsuits against Trump include:

Responses to the USA TODAY/University of Suffolk Poll follow other surveys that found voters were concerned that Trump was breaking the law and that could affect their vote.

A. Pew Research Center survey In September, it was revealed that 46% of voters said Trump broke the law to change the outcome of the 2020 election, while another 14% said he did something wrong but did not break the law. Largely unchanged since April.

One ABC News poll in May The poll found that half (52%) of respondents thought the hush money charges against Trump in New York were significant, with a fifth saying they would reconsider their support for him if convicted. Trump was convicted later that month.

Trump’s lawyers argued that if he wins the election, all lawsuits should wait until his term ends. The judges in the cases have not yet ruled on this issue. Trump also said he might pardon himself or fire Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith in two federal cases.

Marcy Michaels, a retired nurse from Verona, Pennsylvania, who supported Trump, said she thought the charges would be dropped if he lost because she believed he was being aggressively pursued to prevent him from campaigning for re-election. Smith and Smith said he doubts Smith would seek indictment if someone else became the Republican nominee. Attorney General Merrick Garland said: The indictments emerged as a result of complying with the facts and the law.

“I think the aggressiveness of pursuing those charges was directly related to how well he did in the ballot box for the nomination,” Michaels said. “Unfortunately, I think this is politically motivated.”

Windy Rhoads, who works as a temporary worker in California’s Santa Cruz County and supports Harris, said she expects Trump to pressure the Justice Department to drop the charges if elected. But he wants to see the federal election interference lawsuit proceed.

“I think this case is very strong. “He incited the coup and invited people to come here on January 6,” Rhoads said. “I believe he would have marched to the Capitol with them if the Secret Service had given him permission.” Trump’s driver January 6, 2021 ‘also He testified to the congress committee That Trump wanted to be taken to the Capitol that day, but the Secret Service prevented this.

Mara Mamerow, a software developer in Milwaukee who supports Harris, said she had a hard time imagining how a president could serve while facing serious criminal charges.

“Do I think these charges should be pursued? “Yes,” Mamerow said. “But I can’t wrap my head around it.”

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