A majority of Americans believe the former President Trump is receiving different treatment from most other people accused of crimes in his hush money case, as shown in a recent CNN survey.
Trump’s hush money trial started last Monday, which is the first time a former American president has been on trial for a crime. This was the first criminal trial of a former American president. He has been accused of committing 34 counts of falsifying business records related to payments to his lawyer at the time, Michael Cohen, who paid an adult film actor $130,000 before the 2016 election to keep quiet about an alleged affair with Trump, a claim he denies.
Another recent survey by The Economist/YouGov discovered that 24 percent of the Americans surveyed believe the former president will be found guilty in the hush money case, 36 percent said they don't think so, and 39 percent were undecided.
The same survey found that 43 percent of the Americans surveyed think Trump should be found guilty in the case, 37 percent think he shouldn’t, and 20 percent are not sure.
After the second day of jury selection in his trial, Trump referred to the payments as a “legal expense,” shifting some responsibility to his accountants. “I was paying a lawyer, and we marked it down as a legal expense — some accountant. I didn’t know,” Trump told reporters. “Mark it down as a legal expense. That’s exactly what it was. And you get indicted over that?”
The CNN survey was carried out by SSRS between April 18 and 23, with a sample of 1,212 respondents and a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.
A majority of Americans believe the former President Trump is being treated differently than most people accused of crimes in his hush money case, according to a new CNN survey. Trump’s hush money trial began last Monday, marking the first criminal trial of a former American president. He has been accused of 34 counts of falsifying business records…
