REPORT: Trump sues Des Moines Register, top pollster for ‘brazen election interference,’ fraud over pro-Harris poll

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From Fox News: President-elect Donald Trump is suing the Des Moines Register and its top pollster J. Ann Selzer for “brazen election interference” and fraud over its final 2024 presidential poll showing Vice President Kamala Harris leading him in Iowa, despite his ultimate victory in the state by more than 13 percentage points, Fox News Digital has learned.

The lawsuit was filed Monday night in Polk County, Iowa under the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act and related provisions. It says it seeks “accountability for brazen election interference committed by” the Des Moines Register (DMR) and Selzer “in favor of now-defeated former Democrat candidate Kamala Harris through use of a leaked and manipulated Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll conducted by Selzer and S&C and published by DMR and Gannett in the Des Moines Register on Nov. 2, 2024.” The lawsuit is also against the parent company of the Des Moines Register, Gannett, which also owns other publications, including USA Today.

Selzer released her final Des Moines Register-sponsored poll of Iowa just three days before the election, on Nov. 2, showing Vice President Kamala Harris leading Trump by three points. That shock poll showed a seven-point shift from Trump to Harris from September, when he had a four-point lead over the vice president in the same poll.

The Des Moines Registered published an article on November 2 titled, “Iowa Poll: Kamala Harris leapfrogs Donald Trump to take lead near Election Day. Here’s how.”

The stunning article begins:

Kamala Harris now leads Donald Trump in Iowa — a startling reversal for Democrats and Republicans who have all but written off the state’s presidential contest as a certain Trump victory.

A new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows Vice President Harris leading former President Trump 47% to 44% among likely voters just days before a high-stakes election that appears deadlocked in key battleground states.

The article quoted pollster J. Ann Selzer, president of Selzer & Co. as touting, “It’s hard for anybody to say they saw this coming. She has clearly leaped into a leading position.”

Liberals news outlets pounced on the Iowa poll, pushing the suggestion that Harris was actually leading in Iowa.

Former Obama advisor David Axelrod gushed, “This is a stunning poll. But Ann Seltzer has as stellar a record as any pollster of forecasting election outcomes in her state. Women are powering this surge. Portents for the country??”

Meanwhile, conservatives scoffed at the absurdity of it all.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott responded with just two letters: “BS.”

Trump’s legal team alleges that  “left-wing pollsters have attempted to influence electoral outcomes through manipulated polls that have unacceptable error rates and are not grounded in widely accepted polling methodologies.”

The lawsuit also points out that Selzer, after more than 35 years in the industry, “retired in disgrace from polling less than two weeks after this embarrassing rout.”

Trump had stated during a press conference on Monday that he would be filing a major lawsuit against the Des Moines Register over the poll, for “election interference and fraud.”

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