Americans support investigating Trump, but many are skeptical that inquiries will be fair, new poll finds

The American people have mixed feelings about investigating President Trump, with clear majorities wanting newly empowered Democrats to dig into his personal finances and foreign ties but most believing that Congress should not begin impeachment proceedings, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The public’s cautiousness extends to its […] Read more »

6 in 10 back Democratic inquiries — including release of Trump taxes

Six in 10 Americans in an ABC News/Washington Post poll say the new Democratic majority in the House should make use of its authority to obtain and publicly release Donald Trump’s tax returns, while about as many support other Democratic-led investigations of the president. Beyond the tax issue, 57 to […] Read more »

More Americans now see Mueller probe as justified, CBS News poll finds

More Americans think the Russia investigation is justified than say it is politically motivated, the first time that’s happened in CBS News polling. Still, Republicans continue to take the President’s view on the matter, and a majority of Americans — including most Democrats — think Democrats in Congress should focus […] Read more »

The real value of Paul Manafort’s polling data

… When Paul Manafort allegedly shared “polling data” with Konstantin V. Kilimnik, a Russian businessman and former military interpreter who the FBI says has “ties to a Russian intelligence service,” many Americans may have shrugged and thought “so what?” To them, polling data is the result of simple surveys that […] Read more »

Robert Mueller met with Trump’s pollster

Special counsel Robert Mueller sought information directly last year from one of Donald Trump’s campaign pollsters who is also a former business associate of Paul Manafort’s. Mueller’s team met with pollster Tony Fabrizio in February 2018, an interview that has not been previously reported and takes on new significance after […] Read more »