More than half of Americans think President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey to protect himself from the Russia investigations, according to a new poll Wednesday.
The ABC News/Washington Post poll shows 61 percent feel Trump fired Comey to protect himself, and 27 percent feel the president did it for the good of the country.
Fifty-six percent think Trump is trying to interfere with the investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections, while 34 percent think he is cooperating.
According to the poll, 72 percent reported just some or no trust in what Trump says about the issue, while 55 percent feel the same about Comey. Only 21 percent trust Trump a great deal, while 36 percent trust Comey a great deal.
A majority of Democrats, 87 percent, expressed distrust toward Trump, and only 10 percent said they trust him. On the other hand, Republicans are divided on the issue of trust: 48 percent report distrust and 45 percent trust Trump.
The poll comes the day before Comey is set to testify in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee at 10 a.m. Thursday.
The poll was conducted from June 2-4 among a random national sample of 527 adults, and has a margin of sampling error of 5 percentage points.
