A majority of Americans believe former President Donald Trump is being treated differently than other defendants regarding his criminal trial in New York over allegations of falsifying business records to cover a payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, a CNN poll found.

The poll, released Friday, of 1,212 adults taken April 18-23 found 34% said he was being treated more harshly than other defendants and the same number found he was being treated more leniently. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 3.4 percentage points. Just 13% said he was being treated the same.

Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has pleaded not guilty to all 34 charges he is facing and has denied any wrongdoing, calling the trial a political witch hunt and election interference.

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