April 13, 2020: Sixty-five percent (65%) of voters believe that the FBI routinely breaks the law and illegally spies on American citizens. A Just the News survey found that distrust is widespread throughout all segments of
society. It comes from 66% of men and 64% of women; 72% of Republicans, 62% of Democrats, and 61% of independents; and 72% of black voters, 70% of Hispanics, and 63% of whites.[1]
Just the News reports that the FBI has been accused of “failing to follow its own rules when pursuing surveillance warrants in sensitive intelligence and terrorism cases.” The problems were “first exposed in the Russia collusion probe.”[1]
However, as I noted in an interview with Just the News, "It would be a mistake to conclude that all this is the result of the investigation into President Trump's campaign. Distrust in government and government agencies runs deep in America. It's been nearly half a century since a majority of voters trusted the federal government to do the right thing even most of the time. So, the latest disclosures highlighting abuse of the FISA process might be seen as confirming what voters have long suspected."[1]
This data comes from the Just the News Daily Poll with Scott Rasmussen. New data from that polling series is released every day at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time.[2]
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