Trump’s Retribution Tour Begins
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<p>With five weeks until his return to the White House, <strong>Donald Trump </strong>is already delivering on his promise to wage legal vendettas against political enemies and journalists, alike. On Monday night, less than 48 hours after securing a $15 million settlement from ABC News, Trump filed a lawsuit in Iowa District Court accusing the venerated pollster <strong>Ann Selzer</strong> and her polling company—as well as <em>The</em> <em>Des Moines Register</em> and its parent company, Gannett—of “brazen election interference” and consumer fraud over her November 2 poll showing <strong>Kamala Harris</strong> winning by three points in Iowa. As Trump lawyers <strong>Edward Paltzik</strong> and Des Moines-based attorney <strong>Alan R. Ostergren</strong> noted in the suit, “President Trump ultimately won Iowa by over thirteen points.” </p>
<p>Whether that polling error constitutes an “election-interfering fiction,” as the suit alleges, is now the question before a Polk County court. Iowa is notably in the minority of states that lacks an anti-SLAPP law, a protection that gives judges the ability to swiftly toss out frivolous attacks on free speech. But it’s still a long putt: Trump’s newest courthouse adventure leans on an <em>extremely</em> aggressive reading of a statute in Iowa’s consumer fraud law intended to prevent businesses from making misrepresentations to deceive purchasers. </p></div>
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