CNN Poll: Only 13% Say Trump Treated Same as Other ‘Criminal Defendants’

Only 13 percent believe former President Donald Trump is being treated the same as other “criminal defendants,” a Friday CNN poll found.

The survey appears to confirm Trump’s argument that efforts to bankrupt and throw him in jail are politically motivated by the White House.

“This is a witch hunt and it’s a shame and it comes out of Washington,” Trump told reporters on Monday. “It’s in coordination with Washington, everything, including the DA’s office; it’s in coordination with Washington.”

The poll also found:

34 percent said Trump is being treated more harshly than other defendants 34 percent said Trump is being treated more leniently than other defendants 19 percent said they had not heard enough to say 0 percent had no opinion

In addition, the poll

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