This is extracted from CNN today (March 6, 2017) to provide information only on America's growing attention to Trump'a collusion with the Russians. Your job is to keep the pressure on elected officials about this and to talk with your friends and family. Posting on social media is good too.
Washington (CNN) About two-thirds of Americans say a special prosecutor should investigate contacts between Russians and Trump campaign associates, according to a new CNN/ORC poll, and 55% say they are at least somewhat concerned by reports that some connected to the Trump campaign had contact with suspected Russian operatives.
Concerns about the reported contacts are closely tied to partisanship, with 71% of Democrats saying they are "very concerned" about it while 54% of Republicans say they have no concerns "at all" about the reports.
Among Republicans, a majority feel Congress can handle the investigation, but a sizable 43% support the call for a special prosecutor, as do majorities of Democrats (82%) and independents (67%). Overall, the poll finds that 65% would rather see a special prosecutor handle the investigation, while 32% think Congress is capable of handling it.
The CNN/ORC Poll was conducted March 1 through 4 among a random national sample of 1,025 adults. Results for the full sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. Error margins are larger for subgroups.
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March 6, 2017
Addendum. Now that Jeff Sessions, the AG who lied under oath about his contacts with the Russians during the campaign, has recussedness himself, Deputy Attorney General Dana Boente is in charge of the DOJ for an investigation, should it go forward at DOJ.
However, tomorrow, Rod Rosenstein may be confirmed to be the #2 in the Justice Department. Richard Blumenthal, Democratic Senator from CT, has said he will "use every possible tool" to block Rosenstein unless he is committed to appointing an "independent special prosecutor." Call your officials to support Blumenthal.
