A majority of Americans says that attempting but failing to obstruct justice is just as bad or worse than successfully obstructing justice, according to a new poll.

The Business Insider survey released Tuesday found that 64 percent of respondents said attempting to obstruct justice is at least as serious of an offense as obstructing justice. The poll asked respondents to rate the seriousness of both offenses on a scale of 1 to 10.

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About 55 percent of respondents said it was equally as bad to try and fail to obstruct justice, while 10 percent said it is actually worse.

The poll's results were based on surveys with 1,110 respondents, collected April 18 through April 19; it has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

The poll's findings come after special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE's redacted report, released last week, stated that President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE attempted multiple times to disrupt the Russia investigation but was unsuccessful because his aides didn't follow his orders.

The report detailed several instances in which Trump potentially obstructed justice. But Mueller wrote that Trump's efforts "were mostly unsuccessful" in influencing the investigation because those around him "declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests."