Most do not believe Trump will get a fair trial in NYC: poll

The majority of respondents to a recent poll do not believe that former President Donald Trump will get a fair trial in New York City, which began with opening statements on Monday.

Trump is currently facing 34 counts of doctoring his financial documents to hide payments to his former attorney Michael Cohen in 2016, which prosecutors claim ultimately went to former porn star Stormy Daniels to cover up an affair she had with Trump years earlier.

More than half of the poll's respondents, 51%, said it is not likely that Trump will see a fair trial in Manhattan, including 31% of survey takers who say a fair trial is “not at all likely,” according to a Rasmussen Reports poll released Monday. Roughly 42% of respondents claimed that it is likely he will get a fair trial, including 27% who say it is “very likely.” 

A larger margin also agreed that Trump is the subject of a politically motivated “witch hunt” by prosecutors, which include Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. 54% of respondents agreed that he’s the subject of a witch hunt, while 40% disagreed.  

The poll surveyed 1,126 likely United States voters from April 16-18. The national poll was conducted online and through phone calls, and has a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points.