Public skepticism over the government’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case is growing, and a new poll shows many Americans are pointing fingers at Donald Trump.
An Economist/YouGov survey released Tuesday by The Economist and YouGov found that 53 percent of respondents believe Donald Trump is “trying to cover up Epstein’s crimes.” Twenty-nine percent said they do not believe he is attempting to conceal those crimes.
The poll also reported that exactly half of respondents believe Trump was involved in Epstein’s illicit activities, while 30 percent said he was not involved.
The results broke sharply along party lines. Ninety-one percent of Democrats said Trump was trying to cover up Epstein’s crimes, compared with 13 percent of Republicans. Meanwhile, 86 percent of Democrats said they believed Trump was involved in Epstein’s illicit activities, while 67 percent of Republicans said he was not involved.
Trump has not been credibly accused of any criminal activity connected to Epstein and has repeatedly denied wrongdoing. He has said he cut ties with Epstein years ago.
Congress previously passed legislation requiring the Department of Justice to release its Epstein files, allowing redactions to protect victims. Trump signed the measure into law after initially pushing back on the effort.
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called the Epstein files Trump’s “biggest political miscalculation” on the “Home of the Brave” podcast.
“It became a massive political problem, biggest political miscalculation in Donald Trump’s career was calling this a hoax, fighting the release of it, and having Mike Johnson, the Speaker, refuse to bring the bill to the for to the point where [Rep.] Thomas Massie, myself, [Reps.] Nancy Mace and Lauren Boebert actually had to vote with all of the Democrats to get to get it released,” Greene told host Owen Shroyer.
The poll surveyed 1,682 U.S. adults from February 13 to 16 and carries a margin of error of about 3.1 percentage points.
