Donald Trump, aided by the GOP's tinfoil hat caucus, has been working furiously to discredit the investigation into Russia's hacking of the 2016 election and voters know it, according to a Quinnipiac poll released Tuesday.
By a 12-point margin (53 to 41), voters believe Trump has tried to "derail or obstruct" Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russia's interference and its ties to team Trump.
Naturally, Republican voters are practically impervious to the facts, with only 12 percent of them saying Trump is obstructing compared to 86 percent of Democrats who believe that.
But Republicans are so far gone, they really don't matter anymore. What about indies?
While there is an obvious partisan divide on these questions, independent voters say:
- 56 - 37 percent that Trump is attempting to derail the Russian investigation;
- 49 - 42 percent that Republicans in Congress are trying to derail the Russian probe;
- 54 - 39 percent that the investigation is legitimate rather than a witch hunt.
[...] The FBI is not biased against Trump, voters say 55 - 33 percent.
"Special Counsel Robert Mueller is not out to get President Donald Trump, American voters say, but they do feel the president is out to get Mueller," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll. "And almost half of voters think Republicans in Congress are trying to obstruct the Russian investigation.
That sounds about right. Next up: Trump declares anyone who believes he’s obstructing "treasonous."