Trump's lawsuit against Iowa pollster over 'fake' Harris lead 'is both stupid and very likely unconstitutional,' [View all]
Source: Law & Crime
Feb 21st, 2025, 3:52 pm
Veteran Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer on Friday implored a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit filed against her and The Des Moines Register newspaper by Donald Trump over a poll published ahead of the 2024 presidential election that predicted Vice President Kamala Harris had a slight lead in the race.
In a 30-page filing, Selzer’s attorneys excoriate Trump’s lawsuit, arguing that Trump’s theory of liability “would eviscerate the First Amendment” and is “both stupid and very likely unconstitutional.”
In a poll released three days before the election, Selzer had predicted that Harris had about a three-point lead over then-candidate Trump. Trump went on to win the state by about 13 points. The lawsuit, initially filed in December 2024 under an Iowa law against “consumer fraud,” accuses Selzer and the Register of being in cahoots with “cohorts in the Democrat Party” who “hoped that the Harris Poll would create a false narrative of inevitability for Harris in the final week of the 2024 Presidential Election.”
It seeks damages and a court order to prevent the newspaper from publishing any future “deceptive polls” that might “poison the electorate.”
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Full headline: ‘Would eviscerate the First Amendment’: Trump’s lawsuit against Iowa pollster over ‘fake’ Harris lead ‘is both stupid and very likely unconstitutional,’ attorney argues
Link to MOTION (PDF viewer) - Trump v. Selzer - Motion and Brief in Support of Motion to Dismiss
Link to MOTION (PDF) - https://www.thefire.org/sites/default/files/2025/02/Trump%20v.%20Selzer%20-%20Motion%20and%20Brief%20in%20Support%20of%20Motion%20to%20Dismiss.pdf
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