Poll: Trump obstructed, but don’t impeach him

A majority of New Yorkers say President Trump obstructed justice in the Russia probe and committed impeachable offenses.

But despite the the mountain of evidence in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, they oppose launching impeachment hearings by a narrow margin.

“New Yorkers are closely divided on what should happen next,” said Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg.

A whopping 59% of New Yorkers say Trump improperly interfered with the investigation into Russian collusion with his presidential campaign. By a still-healthy 53%-to-39% margin, those polled say the president committed impeachable offenses.

Despite those positions, support for actually impeaching Trump remains soft — even in deep blue New York.

Exactly 50% of those polled say the Mueller probe should mark the end of the investigation into Trump. Some 45% want to see Congress open an impeachment inquiry.

Putting the two results together, a significant chunk of those who have a major problem with Trump still don’t want to see him impeached.

They may be supporters of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s stance that it is politically better to oust Trump at the ballot box than to push forward with impeachment. Or perhaps they want to see lawmakers focusing more on bread-and-butter issues.

Republicans by a narrow margin believe Mueller’s report “completely exonerates” Trump, even though Mueller categorically said it does not.

Democrats by a nearly 2-to-1 margin believe there was a “conspiracy between Russia and the Trump campaign.” Mueller (photo) presented some evidence of coordination, but decided there was not sufficient evidence to charge anyone with conspiring with Russia.