Voters want a special counsel for Hillary Campaign too

The Hill:
A plurality of voters in a new poll want special counsel investigations of the 2016 presidential campaigns of both Hillary Clinton and President Trump.

Special counsel Robert Mueller is already spearheading an investigation into whether Trump campaign officials had improper contacts or colluded with Moscow during the election.

So far, Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and an associate have been indicted for financial crimes. A low-level adviser, George Papadopoulos, has pled guilty to lying to investigators about his contacts with Russians.

The latest Harvard CAPS/Harris survey found the public split on the question of Russian collusion, with 38 percent saying they believe the special counsel has found hard evidence of the Trump campaign colluding with Moscow, 36 percent saying there is no hard evidence yet and 27 percent saying they don’t know.

But 44 percent of voters surveyed said a special counsel is needed to investigate both campaigns. Twenty-seven percent said only Trump needs to be investigated, 21 percent said only Clinton needs to be investigated and nine percent said neither should be investigated.

“The public thinks these investigations are hurting rather than helping our democracy but if there are going to be investigations, overwhelming majorities support investigating the Clintons — over two-thirds would investigate either both campaigns or just Hillary’s campaign,” said Harvard CAPS/Harris Co-Director Mark Penn.
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There is a deep distrust of both campaigns by people who did not support them.  The media, for the most part, has only focused on the allegations against the Trump campaign, but as the evidence rolls in there is much to look at with the Clinton campaign especially on the issue of Russian collusion to attack her opponent.

Congressman Mark Meadows also makes the case for a special counsel to look into the Russian dossier and the involvement of the FBI.

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