Despite growing legal peril for former President Donald Trump, there has been little overall shift in public opinion in recent months about whether or not he has done something wrong, either by acting unethically or illegally. But according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll, Republican faith in Trump’s faultlessness has dwindled this summer. …
Considering the criminal cases swirling around Trump, about half of U.S. adults think the 2024 frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination has done something illegal, according to this latest poll, conducted July 24 to July 27. That includes most Democrats and a slim majority of independents. At the same time, roughly a quarter of Americans think he has acted unethically, but not illegally. CONTINUED
Laura Santhanam, PBS NewsHour
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