By nearly 2‑to‑1, voters believe President Joe Biden is using the Justice Department to hobble former President Donald Trump and jail him so that he can’t win the fall election.
In the latest McLaughlin and Associates survey shared with Secrets on Wednesday, 56% said they believe that “Joe Biden wants to stop President Trump from winning the election by putting him in jail.” Some 30% disagreed.
Republicans, 86% to 8%, agreed, as did independent voters, 50% to 33%. But so did many Democrats — 32% agreed to 48% who didn’t.
What’s more, voters said they believe Biden is playing a key role in driving the investigations of his rival. Some 58% said Biden has a role. Of that, 40% called his role “major.”
The former president faces dozens of charges in several cases as he enters the heat of the 2024 election. He has often decried the Biden effort as something Third World dictators try. One Trump insider also compared what Biden’s Justice Department is doing to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s campaign against his …