0 1 7 ▁Polit ico / Mor ning ▁Cons ult ▁poll ▁showed ▁that ▁ 8 1 % ▁of ▁U . S . ▁vot ers ▁supported ▁the ▁special ▁pro sec utor ' s ▁investigation . ▁A ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁Associ ated ▁Press – N OR C ▁Center ▁for ▁Public ▁Affairs ▁Research ▁poll ▁asked ▁U . S . ▁adult s ▁whether ▁the ▁special ▁coun sel ▁investigation ▁could ▁be ▁fair ▁and ▁im partial : ▁ 2 6 % ▁were ▁" ext rem ely ▁confident " ▁or ▁" very ▁confident "; ▁ 3 6 % ▁were ▁" mod er ately ▁confident " ▁and ▁ 3 6 % ▁were ▁" not ▁very ▁confident " ▁or ▁" not ▁at ▁all ▁confident ." ▁The ▁poll ▁indicated ▁that ▁ 6 8 % ▁of ▁Americans ▁were ▁at ▁least ▁" mod er ately ▁concerned " ▁about ▁in app ropri ate ▁connections ▁between ▁the ▁Trump ▁campaign ▁and ▁the ▁Rus si ans . ▁ ▁A ▁poll ▁published ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁by ▁ABC ▁News ▁and ▁The ▁Washington ▁Post ▁found ▁that ▁ 5 8 % ▁of ▁Americans ▁approved ▁of ▁Mu eller ' s ▁handling ▁of ▁his ▁investigation , ▁while ▁ 2 8 % ▁disapp ro ved . ▁It ▁also ▁indicated ▁that ▁half ▁of ▁Americans ▁believed ▁that ▁President ▁Trump ▁was ▁not ▁co - oper ating ▁with ▁the ▁investigation . ▁A ▁Qu inn ip iac ▁poll ▁published ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁suggested ▁that ▁ 6 0 % ▁of ▁Americans ▁believed ▁that ▁Mu eller '