those hearings did not increase the percentage of americans who think the punishment should be a senate conviction and removal from office. let s break down the numbers. number one, just the threshold. should the president be impeached and removed from office? 50% of americans, so half, say yes. 43% say no. the issue is this. watch how this is made out over time. if you go back to march, 36% the democrats have made progress in prosecuting their case. in october 50% says impeach and remove. after the hearings, 50%, the same number say impeach and remove. so the public hearings didn t increase the number of americans who say remove the president from office. 90% of democrats say impeach and remove. only 10% of republicans say impeach and remove. most republicans are safe voting no. we won t impeach or no, we won t convict. independents, 47% say impeach and remove.
different positions, because one of the things that kupperman is asking for, as you pointed out, is this advisory opinion. and courts don t like to do that. judge leon is not going to tolerate any delays. but he may find it s not quite teed up right now because kupperman isn t defying the subpoena. bolton is asking, give me one. tee it up. i ll decide whether to comply. from a legal standpoint it makes a more sense the other way. i want to ask about this new book from donald trump jr. it s going to be coming out next week and criticizes robert mueller saying that democrats put mueller before congress, quote, so he could stutter and babble his way through five hours of testimony. this is according to an excerpt obtained by the new york times. bottom line, public hearings didn t move the needle on public