62 percent say Trump isn't telling the truth in Russia probe

Poll: 62 percent say Trump isn't telling the truth in Russia probe

https://aol-releases-assets-producti...4/F506D965.jpgMARK MURRAY
Dec 16th 2018 12:02PM

WASHINGTON — Six in 10 Americans say President Donald Trump has been untruthful about the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential campaign, while half of the country says the investigation has given them doubts about Trump's presidency, according to a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

The survey, conducted a month after the results of November's midterm elections, also finds more Americans wanting congressional Democrats — rather than Trump or congressional Republicans — to take the lead role in setting policy for the country.

And just 10 percent of respondents say that the president has gotten the message for a change in direction from the midterms — when the GOP lost control of the U.S. House of Representatives but kept its majority in the U.S. Senate — and that he's making the necessary adjustments.

"The dam has not burst on Donald Trump," said Democratic pollster Peter Hart, whose firm conducted this survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff. "But this survey suggests all the structural cracks [that exist] in the dam."

The NBC/WSJ poll — conducted December 9-12 — comes after new developments in the Russia probe and other investigations involving the president, including evidence and allegations that:

Trump and his team were offered "synergy" with the Russian government;
Trump directed an illegal campaign-finance scheme to make payments covering up two alleged affairs in the last days of the 2016 campaign;
Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort continued to communicatewith Trump administration officials well after his indictment;
and former Trump lawyer/fixer Michael Cohen was sentenced to prisonfor three years.

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