Nearly 6 in 10 Americans say Trump should be charged for Jan. 6 riot--poll

[onthedarkside]

 

 

With the first full week of hearings for the House select committee's investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol now complete, nearly 6 in 10 Americans believe former President Donald Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the incident, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds.

 

Six in 10 Americans also believe the committee is conducting a fair and impartial investigation, according to the poll.

 

In the poll, which was conducted by Ipsos in partnership with ABC News using Ipsos' KnowledgePanel, 58% of Americans think Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the riot. That's up slightly from late April, before the hearings began, when an ABC News/Washington Post poll found that 52% of Americans thought the former president should be charged.

 

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https://www.yahoo.com/gma/6-10-americans-trump-charged-130009380.html

 

 

 

Also:

 

"Washington D.C., June 19, 2022 - After several dramatic hearings over the last two weeks, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds that the American public's attitudes about Trump's culpability in the January 6th unrest have remained largely unchanged. This is despite a majority of Americans feeling the committee is doing a fair and impartial job presenting its case and most likely driven by entrenched partisanship and the reality that only a third of the country is following the proceedings closely.

 

Detailed Findings

This survey finds only 34% of Americans are following the hearings somewhat or very closely, including only 9% following it very closely. However, 60% believe the committee is conducting a fair and impartial investigation. Similar numbers, 58%, believe that Trump bears a good or great amount of responsibility for the events of Jan 6 and that he should be charged with a crime.

 

https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/news-polls/americans-think-jan-6-committee-fair-are-not-following-it

 

[bocaBob]

Why not, they should, but they probably won't for one reason or another, a combination of reasons, precedent, lack of evidence, etc. A conspiracy prosecution would be the DOJ's best bet.

 

Squeeze Eastman to roll on Trump. turn this into a huge mess, but muck up Trump (maybe) if he wants to be POTUS again.

[Bluespunk]

Lock him up. 

[KhunLA]

More people than I would have thought, whole 9%, nobody cares. The other 34%

probably impossible not to hear about, same as reading the forum ... nuff said

 

"This survey finds only 34% of Americans are following the hearings somewhat or very closely, including only 9% following it very closely"

 

[KhunLA]

"This poll is based on a nationally representative probability sample of 545 adults age 18 or older"

[ozimoron]

14 hours ago, KhunLA said:

 

"This poll is based on a nationally representative probability sample of 545 adults age 18 or older"

Did you know there's a whole branch of mathematics called statistics based around poll samples and extrapolating them to predict the mood of the entire nation? Every credible poll also carries a rider which calculates the margin of error or confidence level. You appear to be trying to imply that only 545 people who were directly asked would have answered that way and leave open the (im)possibility that every other person in the population might not agree. Absurd would be the only way to describe that assertion.

[vinci]

they will never charge Trump because they think it will look bad for America, they will find any excuses not to charge Trump, personally i would like to see Trump in prison 

[ozimoron]

4 minutes ago, vinci said:

they will never charge Trump because they think it will look bad for America, they will find any excuses not to charge Trump, personally i would like to see Trump in prison 

I think they will charge Trump because they need to establish who was ultimately  responsible for the death of several people as a direct result of the riot.

[ozimoron]

In interviews with the Guardian's Peter Stone, a bevy of former Department of Justice officials explained that the House committee hearings on the Jan 6th insurrection have already provided enough evidence to file criminal charges against Donald Trump.

 

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2657531670/

[ozimoron]

Charlottesville, COVID, Trump and free speech: How white supremacy entered the mainstream

 

https://www.salon.com/2022/06/19/charlottesville-covid-and-free-speech-how-supremacy-entered-the-mainstream/

[KhunLA]

18 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

In interviews with the Guardian's Peter Stone, a bevy of former Department of Justice officials explained that the House committee hearings on the Jan 6th insurrection have already provided enough evidence to file criminal charges against Donald Trump.

 

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2657531670/

Those former DoJ officials:

Paul Pelletier - Dem

Michael Bromwich - Dem

Donald Ayer - Independent

Barbara Lynn McQuade ... As part of President Donald Trump's 2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, she stepped down in March 2017.

 

 

 

 

[ozimoron]

4 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Those former DoJ officials:

Paul Pelletier - Dem

Michael Bromwich - Dem

Donald Ayer - Independent

Barbara Lynn McQuade ... As part of President Donald Trump's 2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, she stepped down in March 2017.

Georgia election investigation 'will send Donald Trump to jail': former Watergate prosecutor

According to former Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman, he has no doubt that there is an ironclad case brewing in Georgia that will lead to an indictment and conviction of Donald Trump.

 

Speaking with MSNBC host Katie Phang, Akerman said the evidence is overwhelming that the former president tried to steal the election in the Peachtree state as evidenced by the phone call made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger demanding he find enough votes to secure the state's 16 Electoral College votes.

 

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-georgia-2657531189/

[ozimoron]

Jan. 6 committee shifting focus to Trump’s role in the plan to replace electors

“We’ll show evidence of the president's involvement in this scheme," Rep. Adam Schiff said.

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/19/jan-6-committee-trump-electors-schiff-00040716

[RichardColeman]

14 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Lock him up. 

I have no issues with Trump going to prison IF it was shown by an 50/50 jury he did wrong - not by a totally DC left wing jury.

[blazes]

Too bad.  There's probably a whole raft of intelligent people on this thread insisting that Trump should go to jail.

 

What surprises me is the solemn (if naïve) belief shown by many on here that sending DT to jail would somehow - what?- heal the nation's wounds?  provide grim satisfaction? 

 

And somehow the system would be cleaned up and we could all sleep well at nights?

 

I'd hazard a guess that locking him up (but not Mrs Clinton??)  would move the country one step nearer anarchy, if not intermittent revolutionary skirmishes.

 

[nauseus]

14 hours ago, KhunLA said:

 

"This poll is based on a nationally representative probability sample of 545 adults age 18 or older"

 So few samples for an internet-based survey and if 66% of the samples were not following the hearings closely, how can they have a considered opinion?   

[ozimoron]

8 hours ago, nauseus said:

 So few samples for an internet-based survey and if 66% of the samples were not following the hearings closely, how can they have a considered opinion?   

They don't need to have followed the proceedings themselves. Most of those who watched the riots live on TV would have formed an opinion as to what happened on that day. These proceedings are only confirming what most people already knew.

[ozimoron]

8 hours ago, blazes said:

Too bad.  There's probably a whole raft of intelligent people on this thread insisting that Trump should go to jail. 

 

What surprises me is the solemn (if naïve) belief shown by many on here that sending DT to jail would somehow - what?- heal the nation's wounds?  provide grim satisfaction? 

And somehow the system would be cleaned up and we could all sleep well at nights?

 

I'd hazard a guess that locking him up (but not Mrs Clinton??)  would move the country one step nearer anarchy, if not intermittent revolutionary skirmishes.

 

Did Clinton advocate "fighting like hell" and organise a rally to gin up mob violence?

[billsmart]

This is a good sign, but it's disappointing that there still seems to be around 40% of US citizens that still are acceptive of, even if not fully supportive of, Trump. IMO, he and all his followers are an anathema to the USA. ????

[ozimoron]

8 hours ago, nauseus said:

 

He said that at a rally on the day.

 

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-fight-like-hell-speech-extremely-calming-1270504/

[nauseus]

The former chief of U.S. Capitol Police says security officials at the House and Senate rebuffed his early requests to call in the National Guard ahead of a demonstration in support of President Trump that turned into a deadly attack on Congress.

 

Not rebuffed from the White House though.

[bbko]

Someone remind me, how many officials in his administration pled guilty to crimes or were convicted and went to prison?

[ozimoron]

Just now, nauseus said:

The former chief of U.S. Capitol Police says security officials at the House and Senate rebuffed his early requests to call in the National Guard ahead of a demonstration in support of President Trump that turned into a deadly attack on Congress.

 

Not rebuffed from the White House though.

That' still an open question.

[vandeventer]

 If you told me this whole thing was a setup to get Trump because they [the Dems], can't find anyone to run against him in 2024 and impeachments are going to come strong and fast for many Dems. in November I would believe you.

 

[Skeptic7]

It should be 10 of 10 Americans. But as this embarrassed American knows nowadays, USA = United Stoopids of America. ????

[ozimoron]

8 hours ago, vandeventer said:

Wow, here we go again? If you told me this whole thing was a setup to get Trump because they [the Dems], can't find anyone to run against him in 2024 and impeachments are going to come strong and fast for many Dems. in November I would believe you.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/13/sean-hannity/no-evidence-pelosi-rejected-trumps-authorization-2/

[ozimoron]

8 hours ago, nauseus said:

 

Trump had every opportunity to call the national guard but declined to do so. It was Pence who finally did.

 

Questions over the reason behind delays in the deployment of National Guard troops to the Capitol complex have been a key point of contention in accounts of Jan. 6.

 

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2022/06/10/pence-not-trump-asked-guard-troops-to-help-defend-capitol-on-jan-6-panel-says/

[Stargeezr]

I would be so happy to see Donald Trump in an orange or pink jail suit.

 Of course with leg irons and hand cuff on as well. That would be such a

big hit on his ego.

[Bangkok Barry]

6 hours ago, vinci said:

they will never charge Trump because they think it will look bad for America, they will find any excuses not to charge Trump, personally i would like to see Trump in prison 

And isn't it terrifying that many millions would still vote for him.

[Excel]

2 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

And isn't it terrifying that many millions would still vote for him.

Very and no doubt a very high percentage of them are armed too.