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Poll: Republicans Are Only Group That Mostly Sees Mueller Probe As A 'Witch Hunt'

Most Americans see the special counsel's Russia investigation as fair, but 7 in 10 Republicans don't — and are using the president's terminology to dismiss it, an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll finds.
President Trump speaks to reporters before departing the White House for California in November.

President Trump continues to rail against special counsel Robert Mueller and his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign. Trump has, for example, used the words "witch hunt" in tweets nearly a dozen times in the month since Election Day.

The phrase appears to have stuck with his base, according to a , but not with others beyond that.

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