A majority of voters would like to see Attorney General Jeff Sessions appoint a second special counsel to investigate abuse allegations at the FBI and Department of Justice, according to a new poll.
The Harvard CAP/Harris Poll found that 67 percent of voters support a second special counsel. Along party lines, 75 percent of Republicans want a special counsel, 60 percent of Democrats say the same, as do 69 percent of independents.
“The public can best be termed as ‘pro-investigation’ in that they want Mueller to continue his investigation and overwhelmingly want a special counsel to investigate the FBI,” the poll’s co-director, Mark Penn, told the Hill.
Sessions declined to name a second special counsel last week after saying he saw “no cause” to do so, yet. Instead, he said Utah’s top federal prosecutor, John Huber, was investigating the misconduct allegations.
The poll, which was given to the Hill exclusively, surveyed 1,340 registered voters online from March 27-29.
