Majority of Americans want Trump impeached or censured: Poll

Almost 60 percent of American voters say US President Donald Trump should be either impeached and removed from office or formally censured, a poll has shown.

According to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released to The Hill newspaper on Friday, a majority of voters surveyed think some kind of action must be taken against Trump.

The respondents are divided on how far members of Congress should go as Democrats prepare to take over the House of Representatives on January 3.

Asked whether Trump should be impeached and removed as president for his actions, censured by Congress or whether Congress should take no action, 39 percent of the voters said Trump should be impeached and removed from office.

Trump is facing impeachment proceedings in Congress because the Democratic Party gained the majority in the House after November’s midterm elections.

Impeachment would require a majority vote by the House, which is now a real possibility with a Democratic majority. However, conviction in the Senate would need a two-thirds vote, which is not likely because Republicans will have majority there.

Twenty percent of poll respondents said Congress should vote to formally censure Trump. Forty-one percent said lawmakers should take no action against the president.

The possibility of an impeachment increased after the Republican president’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to charges of bank fraud, tax fraud and violations of election campaign finance laws.

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Cohen's campaign finance law violations included paying hush money to women who Trump had alleged affairs with prior to the 2016 US presidential campaign.

Following Cohen’s confessions, Representative Al Green warned Trump that the “countdown to impeachment” had already started.

Trump found himself another step closer to possible impeachment after his former campaign manager Paul Manafort was found guilty of eight charges by a federal jury in Virginia, including bank fraud, tax fraud and failure to report a foreign bank account.

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