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Utahns support the special counsel’s probe of Russia and Trump, but there’s a big partisan divide

Washington • Utahns back the special counsel’s investigation of Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and whether President Donald Trump’s team played any role, but it’s clear that the state’s Democrats and independents are more supportive than Republicans, a new poll shows.

Some 53 percent of Utahns support Robert Mueller’s ongoing probe, which has indicted or won guilty pleas from three companies and 30 individuals, including the president’s former campaign manager and national security adviser.

The Salt Lake Tribune-Hinckley Institute of Politics poll found that 39 percent of Utahns surveyed oppose the investigation, which has cast a wide net looking at whether Trump or his aides colluded with the Russians to meddle in the 2016 presidential election.