Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort continued to communicate with Trump administration officials well after his indictment. By contrast, 34 percent believe Trump has been honest and truthful about the investigation, including 70 percent of Republicans, 29 percent of independents and just 5 percent of Democrats. “Last week’s Cohen and Manafort news clearly hurt the president — no dramatic movement to be sure, but incremental erosion in President Trump’s credibility,” said Democrat pollster Fred Yang of Hart Research Associates. “The voters believe they sent a message, and they believe the president hasn’t gotten it yet,” said Yang, the Democratic pollster. The margin of error for the 725 registered voters in the poll is plus-minus 3.6 percentage points.

Source: Wall Street Journal December 16, 2018 14:00 UTC