Poll: Large majority think Trump did something illegal or unethical on Russia probe

President Trump calls the Russia investigation a witch hunt, but a large majority of Americans are convinced that he’s done something wicked.

Forty percent of respondents said that the commander-in-chief had committed a crime while another 32% saying that he had at least done something unethical, according to an AP-NORC poll.

Only 25% said that he had done nothing wrong in regard to his ties to Russia.

Almost two-thirds, 63%, said he had tried to impede or obstruct the investigation into Russian election meddling and potential ties to his campaign, though those numbers have not changed since June in the aftermath of his firing FBI Director James Comey.

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Special counsel Robert Mueller, himself a former FBI Director, was appointed afterward to investigate the alleged election interference, which has come to dominate Trump’s first year in office.

His legal team has said they are cooperating with the prosecutor, though the President himself has criticized the investigation as it led to an indictment against his former campaign chief Paul Manafort and guilty pleas from former national security adviser Michael Flynn as well as adviser George Papadopoulos.

However, Americans' distrust of the President also extends at least in part to those tasked with bringing clarity to what happened in 2016.

Twenty-six percent said they were extremely or very confident in the Justice Department investigation, with 31% moderately confident and 42% not very or not confident that it can be fair and impartial.

Those numbers dwarfed belief in congressional investigations, however, which saw respondents just 13% extremely or very confident, 32% moderately confident and more than 50% not very or not confident at all.

Though the country was roughly split on whether the media covered the scandal too much, too little and just enough, Americans were also divided on how pertinent the Russia investigation is to the nation’s political life.

Thirty-eight percent said it is extremely or very important, 24% saying it was moderately important and 37% saying it was only slightly or not important at all.

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