In June, a Golden/TIPP Poll (TIPP is Issues & Insights' polling partner) asked Americans if "There is a two-tiered system of justice in America depending on your political affiliation and ideology?"
- A sizable majority of 63% agreed, either "strongly" (28%) or "somewhat" (35%), with that statement. Only 17% disagreed, while 21% said they were "not sure."
- But something intervened between that June 8-10 poll, the first time the question was asked, and the one taken from Sept. 7-9.
- The Aug. 8 raid on former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate by the FBI, which took documents from Trump's presidency along with personal effects.
Most Americans think the American justice system is unfair
- This is surprising given the degree of agreement across all demographics and political affiliations
- Most Americans (75%) and women (67%), whites (68%) and blacks/Hispanics (75%), Democrats (73%), Republicans (70%) and independents (62%), the Northeast (69%), Midwest (67%) and South (72%) and West (73%).
- Recent events may indicate that the Justice Department and the FBI have begun taking political sides when it comes to law enforcement
Recent presidents including Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton have stored official White House documents, classified and unclassified alike, in commercial, non-government buildings, with little official security
- Trump's documents were kept in his large Florida estate, guarded by the Secret Service.
- To many, the Trump allegations, the J6 prosecutions, and the efforts to silence political opposition are all part of an effort to "freeze political opposition" in the runup to the midterm elections.
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