WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of Americans support preliminary investigations in the House of Representatives to try President Donald Trump to oust him, according to a new Washington Post / George Mason poll.
According to the poll published Tuesday, 58% of Americans support the measures launched by Democrats who control the House of Representatives, after an unidentified US intelligence officer reported on the telephone conversation between Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelinsky.
However, of those who support such measures, 49% believe that the House should seek a vote to isolate Trump, and 6% do not support the move. The rest do not have a definitive opinion on the fate of the President.
According to the poll, 38% of Americans reject these measures in the House of Representatives initially.
According to the Washington Post, the results of the poll indicate a rapid shift in American public opinion against Trump, and attributed this to the information disclosed about the suspicion of pressure from Trump on the Ukrainian president to investigate the possible Democratic rival Joe Biden in the presidential election 2020 and his son Hunter.
Meanwhile, House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said today that Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have taken actions that affect US national security by preventing Congress from obtaining the testimony of US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sundland as part of ongoing investigations.
Schiff said that this is a hindrance to the work of Congress and a violation of constitutional provisions.