IOWA, USA ( Iowa Capital Dispatch ) - President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Des Moines Register, its parent company Gannett and pollster J. Ann Selzer will head from federal court to state court in Iowa, a positive development for the president in the proceedings.

The lawsuit was filed in December 2024 after Trump’s victory in the general election. It challenges the Des Moines Register and Selzer, who conducted the Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll, for publishing a poll in the days before the Nov. 5, 2024, election that found Vice President Kamala Harris leading among likely Iowa voters.

The lawsuit claimed the poll amounted to “fraud and election interference,” saying it had intentionally overrepresented support for Harris in violation of the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act.

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