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Half of Americans say Mueller’s investigation is a ‘witch hunt’: Poll

By Daniel Chaitin
Published March 18, 2019 2:23pm ET
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Half of Americans say Mueller’s investigation is a ‘witch hunt’: Poll
Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal lawyer, arrives to testify before the House Oversight and Reform Committee about his behind-the-scenes knowledge of Trump's activities, including possible criminal conduct, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. Cohen, a key witness in the probe by special counsel Robert Mueller, called the president a "racist," a "conman" and a "cheat." | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Half of the American electorate now agree with President Trump about special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia collusion investigation.

The results from a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll released Monday show 50 percent of registered voters agree with Trump’s claim that he is the target of a “witch hunt” and that he has been subject to more investigations than his predecessors due to politics.

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