Poll: 64% of voters think Trump committed crimes

One of the first polls since President Donald Trump’s former attorney implicated him in illegal activity was released Tuesday, and most of the results were not very good for the president.

A poll from Quinnipiac University National found 64 percent of American voters believe Trump committed crimes before assuming office, while 24 percent did not believe he had (another 13 percent said they weren’t sure.) Forty-five percent said they think Trump committed crimes since taking office, compared with 43 percent who believe he did not.

The numbers among Republicans were better for the president: One-third said they believe he committed crimes before taking office, and 48 percent said he did not. Only 12 percent of Republicans said Trump had committed crimes since taking office; 79 percent said he did not.

Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen – already convicted of lying to Congress – gave lawmakers explosive testimony on Feb. 27, when he accused Trump of being part of a criminal conspiracy.

In the poll, just 44 percent of respondents believed Cohen told the truth in his public testimony. But half of them said they believed Cohen over Trump. Fifty-eight percent said Congress should do more to investigate Cohen’s allegations.

“When two-thirds of voters think you have committed a crime in your past life, and almost half of voters say it’s a toss-up 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 Quinnipiac University Poll.

The good news for the president: Despite high numbers of voters saying they suspect him of illegal activity, only 35 percent said Congress should begin impeachment proceedings; 59 percent said it should not.

The poll was conducted March 1-4 from among 1,120 voters and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.