More than half of Americans, and almost all Republicans, believe that Donald Trump’s recently completed trial in New York was politically motivated, a sign that the former president’s conviction on felony charges will not dent his White House bid.
The new poll from Monmouth University, the first major survey since he was found guilty on 34 counts last month, found that 57 per cent of all voters, and 93 per cent of Republicans, thought the New York “hush money” case against Trump was driven by politics rather than legal considerations.
Just under half of voters, and nearly two-thirds of Democrats, said that the Department of Justice’s decision to prosecute Hunter Biden on gun federal gun charges was also politically motivated. Hunter Biden this week became the first child of a US president to be convicted of a crime. He and Trump both await sentencing.