An NBC News poll found that 57 percent of voters believe the investigations should continue “because if there is wrongdoing by Donald Trump, he should be held accountable just like anyone else.” Forty percent, on the other hand, believe the investigations should not continue “because they are politically motivated against a former president and divide the nation.” Just 21 percent of Republican voters believe the investigations should go ahead, compared with 92 percent of Democrats and 61 percent of independents, the poll found. The FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents from Trump’s residence when it executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago earlier this month, and newly declassified records show investigators are looking into possible violations of the Espionage Act and other laws. Trump also pleaded a fifth earlier this month before the New York attorney general investigated his businesses and finances — and former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani was told last week that he is at the center of a Georgia special grand jury investigating the efforts of Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state. The former president is also at the center of a House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the US Capitol, and lawmakers on the committee have pressed the Justice Department to criminally investigate Trump for his role. Half of respondents to the NBC News poll said they believed Trump was solely or primarily responsible for the Jan. 6 riots. Sixteen percent thought Trump was only somewhat to blame, and 33 percent thought he was “not really responsible” for the incident. More than half of voters reported having “somewhat negative” or “very negative” feelings about the former president at 54%. Just under half of voters said they had negative feelings about the Republican Party in general, or 49 percent. State ballot measure is new abortion battleground Russian authorities investigate explosion that killed daughter of Putin ally Forty-two percent of voters said they had “a lot” or “a fair amount” of faith that the House select committee is conducting a fair and impartial investigation. 13 percent reported “only some” confidence, 41 percent reported “very little,” and 4 percent reported none. Conducted Aug. 12-16, shortly after the Mar-a-Lago search, the poll polled 1,000 registered voters. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.1 percent.
