64% of voters say Don’s done crimes — poll

Nearly two-thirds of American voters believe President Trump committed crimes before taking office, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday.

A stunning 64% of respondents said they believe Trump broke the law in one or several ways before his 2016 election. Only 24% said Trump did not commit crimes before becoming President.

The criminal consensus spans party lines, gender, education, age and ethnicity groups, according to the poll, which was conducted March 1-4 and surveyed 1,120 voters from across the country.

Registered Republicans were the only group with majority of respondents believing Trump definitely didn’t commit crimes before his election, with 48% saying he has never broken the law and 33% saying he has.

Voters were a bit more hesitant to say whether Trump has committed crimes since taking office, with 45% saying he has while 43% say he hasn’t.

The Quinnipiac poll was conducted after Michael Cohen’s explosive testimony before the House Oversight Committee last week.

In the testimony, Cohen provided the committee with evidence that Trump played a leading role in an illegal pre-2016 election payoff scheme meant to silence women who say they had sex with the President over a decade ago. The former personal fixer and attorney to Trump also gave the committee financial statements he said show the President has engaged in tax and insurance fraud.

Notably, voters find the criminally convicted Cohen more trustworthy than Trump, 50% to 35%, according to the poll.

“When two-thirds of voters think you have committed a crime in your past life, and almost half of voters say it’s a tossup over whether you committed a crime while in the Oval Office, confidence in your overall integrity is very shaky,” said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the new Quinnipiac survey. “Add to that, Michael Cohen, a known liar headed to the big house, has more credibility than the leader of the free world.”