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Donald Trump is suing Ann Selzer, Des Moines Register

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York City Mayor Eric Adams is facing federal fraud and corruption charges. President-elect Trump said today he plans to sue over the latest Iowa poll. It came out before the election and showed him trailing Democratic challenger Kamala Harris. The Nov. 2 poll showed Harris leading Trump by three percentage points among Iowa voters. Just a few days later, Trump actually won the state by 14 percentage points. <01:11 Und meiner Meinung nach war es Betrug. Es handelte sich um Wahleinmischung. Sie hat mich richtig verstanden, er weiß, was sie tut. Dann hat sie vorher aufgehört. Daher können wir heute oder morgen eine Klage gegen sie einreichen. 1:26. > Pollster Ann Seltzer told the PBS show Iowa Press last week that she is still trying to figure out what happened with the Des Moines Register Mediacom Iowa poll. Seltzer said she had already planned for this to be her last poll in Iowa. The Des Moines Register responded with a statement that said in part: “We acknowledged that the Selzer/Des Moines Register poll before the election did not reflect the final margin of President Trump’s victory.”

Donald Trump files lawsuit against pollsters behind 2024 Iowa poll

President-elect Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and an Iowa pollster over what he calls a “leaked and manipulated” poll released just days before the 2024 election. Related video above: Donald Trump says he plans to sue during 2024 Iowa pollThe lawsuit, filed late Monday night in Polk County, includes pollster J. Ann Selzer, the Register and Gannett – the parent company of the Register – listed as defendant. It cites a section of the Iowa Code on consumer fraud. In the lawsuit, Trump alleges that the November 2 poll, which showed Democratic candidate Kamala Harris leading by about three percentage points, amounts to election interference. “The Harris Poll was not a failure.” “In fact, it was an attempt to influence the outcome of the 2024 presidential election,” a court filing said. Just days after the election, Trump won Iowa by about 14 percentage points. The large discrepancy prompted Selzer & Company to initiate a review of its poll in 2024 “to ask every plausible question about what happened between Thursday evening of the previous week… and the counting of votes on Tuesday evening.” Selzer later announced in November that she would no longer conduct the Register’s Iowa poll. Trump announced Monday that he planned to file a lawsuit. “In my opinion it was a fraud,” Trump said. “It was election interference. She always got me right, she’s a very good pollster, she knows what she was doing.”» Download the free KCCI app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google PlayGet the latest headlines from KCCI

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President-elect Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and an Iowa pollster over what he calls a “leaked and manipulated” poll released just days before the 2024 election.

Related video above: Donald Trump says he plans to sue over 2024 Iowa polls

The lawsuit, filed late Monday night in Polk County, names pollster J. Ann Selzer, the Register and Gannett — the Register’s parent company — as defendants. It cites a section of the Iowa Code on consumer fraud.

In the lawsuit, Trump claims that the Nov. 2 poll, which showed Democratic candidate Kamala Harris leading by about three percentage points, amounts to election interference.

“The Harris Poll was not a ‘failure,’ but rather an attempt to influence the outcome of the 2024 presidential election,” a court filing said.

Just days after the poll, Trump won Iowa by about 14 percentage points. The large discrepancy prompted Selzer & Company to launch a review of its poll in 2024 “to ask every plausible question about what happened between Thursday evening of the previous week … and the counting of votes on Tuesday evening.”

Selzer announced later in November that she would no longer conduct the Register’s Iowa poll.

Trump announced on Monday that he planned to file a lawsuit.

“In my opinion it was a fraud,” Trump said. “It was election interference. She always understood me correctly, she is a very good pollster, she knows what she was doing.”

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