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Wed Dec 11, 2019, 10:08 PM Dec 2019

Majority of Americans say Trump did not cooperate with impeachment, sought to hinder investigation,

Majority of Americans say Trump did not cooperate with impeachment, sought to hinder investigation, poll says

WILLIAM CUMMINGS | USA TODAY

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/12/11/trump-impeachment-poll-monmouth-university/4397931002/

Most Americans say President Donald Trump did not cooperate with congressional investigators in the House impeachment inquiry, and a majority say he did not give Congress everything it wanted because he wished to hinder the investigation, according to a poll released by Monmouth University on Wednesday. 


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About six in 10 Americans say they do not think Trump cooperated in the House inquiry, compared with 31% who say he has. Just one in 10 say Trump gave members of Congress all the information they requested in the investigation, and 14% say he turned over "most" of it, 35% say he gave "just some" of it, and 30% say he did not give Congress anything. 

When asked why Trump might have withheld information from Congress, 35% say it was for "legitimate reasons" and 53% say it was to "hinder the investigation." 

Half oppose Trump's removal from office

Half of Americans oppose Trump's removal from office, the poll found, and 45% say he should be impeached and convicted in the Senate. Those numbers are little moved from previous Monmouth University polls on impeachment since the allegations he tried to pressure Ukraine into investigating a political rival surfaced. 

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