President-elect Trump Sues Des Moines Register, Pollster Ann Selzer Over Iowa Poll

President-elect Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against renowned Iowa pollster Ann Selzer, her polling firm, The Des Moines Register, and its parent company Gannett, alleging consumer fraud over a pre-election poll published days before the November election. The suit, filed Monday night in Polk County, claims the poll amounted to “brazen election interference” under Iowa’s Consumer Fraud Act, which prohibits deceptive advertising.

At the center of the controversy is the final Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll, released on November 2nd, which showed Vice President Kamala Harris leading Trump by three percentage. . .