President Joe Biden may be avoiding criminal charges for his handling of classified documents.
But he does not appear to be avoiding the political fallout of not facing prosecution.
On Tuesday, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found 53% of respondents said they agreed with the statement, “Biden received special treatment because he is the U.S. president.”
That number included 29% of Democrats.
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A Reuters/Ipsos poll released today shows 53% of Americans, including 29% of democrats, believe Biden got special treatment in the classified documents probe when federal prosecutors decided NOT to prosecute him.
On Thursday, Special Counsel Robert Hur released a report on his investigation into Biden’s handling of classified documents.
He declined to recommend charges against the president, even though investigators “uncovered evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen.”
Still, the report included several damaging sections. One portion labeled Biden a “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”
Forty three percent of respondents in the Reuters poll said they were familiar with Hur’s comment about the president’s memory.
The survey found 78% of respondents believe Biden is too old for the job, including 71% of Democrats.
By contrast, 53% of respondents said they believe former President Donald Trump is too old.
The Reuters survey comes days after an ABC News/Ipsos poll found a whopping 86% percent of Americans believe Biden is too old to serve another term.
The outlet noted that number includes 59% of Americans who think the 46th president and Trump are both too old, and 27% who think just Biden is too old.