Opinion on Donald Trump’s involvement in the January 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol has not moved after what was billed as the final public hearing of the House committee investigating the incident. However, most Americans feel the former president should have to appear before the committee and that any such testimony should happen in public. …
Six in 10 Americans (60%) say Trump should have to testify before the House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. This includes 89% of Democrats and 61% of independents. …
Americans are divided on the impact of Trump’s continued presence in the country’s political life – 47% say this poses an actual danger to American democracy while 50% disagree. Nearly 9 in 10 Democrats (85%) say Trump poses a danger and about the same number of Republicans (86%) say he does not. Independents tilt toward saying Trump’s political activity does not pose a danger (55%) rather than does (42%). CONTINUED
Monmouth University Polling Institute
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