According to a recent CNN poll, a majority of Americans feel that former President Trump is receiving different treatment compared to most criminal defendants in his hush money case.
The trial for Trump’s hush money case commenced on Monday, making it the first criminal trial involving a former American president. Trump faces 34 charges of falsifying business records in connection to reimbursements made to his former attorney, Michael Cohen. It was alleged that Cohen paid $130,000 to an adult film actor before the 2016 election to maintain secrecy regarding an alleged affair with Trump, an accusation he denies.
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According to a recent poll conducted by The Economist/YouGov, 24 percent of Americans believe that the former president will be convicted of a crime in the hush money case. On the other hand, 36 percent of respondents do not think that the former president will be convicted, while 39 percent are unsure about the outcome.
According to the same poll, 43 percent of Americans believe that Trump should face criminal conviction in this case, while 37 percent think otherwise and 20 percent are uncertain.
After the second day of jury selection in his trial, Trump labeled the reimbursements as a “legal expense” and partly attributed the responsibility to his accountants.
“I was actually paying a lawyer, and we categorized it as a legal expense – some accountant. I had no idea,” Trump explained to reporters. “We simply marked it down as a legal expense, which is exactly what it was. And now they want to indict me for that?”
The SSRS conducted the CNN poll from April 18 to 23, gathering responses from 1,212 participants. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.
