63% of Americans Say Trump Crypto Profits Crossed a Line, Poll Shows

Even so, about seven in 10 Republicans said the family's crypto dealings were appropriate. The online poll surveyed 1,166 U.S. adults from Aug. 14 to 17 and carried a margin of error of 3 percentage points.

The numbers put hard data behind a controversy that has trailed Trump's second term.

Financial disclosures released earlier this year showed he earned more than $1.4 billion from crypto ventures including World Liberty Financial and his self-branded meme coin. Those figures have fueled repeated Democratic efforts to rein him in, from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's push to bar elected officials from launching meme coins to Senate Democrats demanding hearings into what they've called massive presidential crypto profits.

The White House rejected any suggestion of impropriety. Spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in a statement that there are no conflicts of interest and that Trump acts only in the public's interest, Reuters reported. The president has maintained he plays no day-to-day role in the family business and that his investments are independently managed.

The poll lands as the ethics questions collide with policy. Lawmakers are still wrangling over provisions in the Clarity Act that would restrict the president's crypto ventures ahead of a Senate vote next month.