DES MOINES, Iowa (CN) — President Donald Trump fought Friday to keep alive his lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer over a poll published days before the 2024 election that showed former Vice President Kamala Harris narrowly leading in Iowa.
Lawyers for Trump, who claims the pool was fraudulently manipulated to damage his campaign, returned to Iowa state court urging Polk County District Judge Scott Beattie to reject the Register’s motion to dismiss.
The Register and Selzer argue the case fails under the First Amendment’s protection of the press reporting political news. Trump contends the poll created by Selzer and published by the Register constitutes commercial speech governed by Iowa’s consumer fraud law and is not protected by the First Amendment.
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