Des Moines, Iowa — Fox News is reporting President-elect Donald Trump is accusing the Des Moines Register and the manager of its “Iowa Poll” of election interference.
According to Fox News, the lawsuit was filed Monday night in Polk County District Court and it accuses The Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer of consumer fraud for an Iowa Poll released the weekend before the November election. It showed Vice President Kamala Harris with a narrow lead over Trump in Iowa. Trump wound up winning the state by 13 points. Selzer has managed the Iowa Poll since 1987. During a weekend appearance on Iowa Press on Iowa PBS, Selzer said she doesn’t know why the polling method she’s used for decades produced a result that so different from the election outcome.
Selzer said there’s not a shred of evidence to suggest she produced a poll showing Harris with a lead because she was — in her words — “in cahoots with somebody.” Trump’s lawsuit alleges the Iowa Poll was fiction and Iowa consumers were deceived by its findings. A spokesperson for The Register says it acknowledges the poll did not reflect Trump’s Election Victory in Iowa, but the spokesperson says the paper has released full demographics and other details and considers the lawsuit to be without merit. Trump is also suing CBS for 10 million dollars for an interview that aired with Harris. ABC News and one of its anchors this week agreed to pay 15 million dollars to settle a lawsuit over remarks made about Trump during a live interview on a Sunday news program.
