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A new poll out Wednesday shows a plurality of independents have lost faith in federal law enforcement two weeks after FBI agents raided former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.
According to a survey from the Trafalgar Group and Convention of States Action shared exclusively with The Federalist, nearly 48 percent of independent respondents said the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI “are too political, corrupt, and not to be trusted.” Less than 44 percent said otherwise.
Republicans were most distrusting of the federal law enforcement agencies with more than 68 percent identifying the FBI and DOJ as corrupt compared to nearly 25 percent who said “they are to be respected for their pursuit of justice and law and order.”
More than 73 percent of Democrats, on the other hand, reported trust in the FBI and DOJ while nearly 20 percent said the agencies were “corrupt.”
The poll was conducted among 1,092 likely voters in the general election between Aug. 19-23 with a 2.9 percent margin of error.
“The FBI has lost the trust of half the country,” said Mark Meckler, the president of the Convention of States. “This is historically one of the most trusted law enforcement branches in America. The fact that just about half the country believes they’re not to be trusted is a radical thing.”
Voters were basically evenly split over whether the DOJ investigation into former President Trump is intended to prevent him from being on the ballot in 2024, with 48.
