Former President Trump returned to the courtroom Tuesday as a judge works to find a panel of jurors who will decide whether the former president is guilty of criminal charges alleging he falsified business records to cover up a sex scandal during the 2016 campaign. (Justin Lane/Pool Photo via AP)
About half of respondents say that they are very or somewhat confident that state prosecutors in New York are treating Trump fairly, while 44% say they have little or no confidence that the prosecutors are unbiased.
If convicted, however, about half of the public says Trump would be unfit for office.
Of the respondents, 44% say they have little or no confidence that prosecutors in New York are giving former President Trump fair treatment. (Justin Lane/Pool Photo via AP)
Despite this feeling, about 40% of Americans overall still have little or no confidence that the state and federal prosecutors are unbiased.
A verdict in the hush money trial is expected in roughly six weeks, well before the Republican National Convention, at which Trump is expected to formally accept the GOP nomination for November's presidential election.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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