According to media reports, future US President Donald Trump is suing a research institute as well as a regional newspaper and its publisher. The reason: the publication of a voter survey in the American state shortly before the presidential elections.
In the lawsuit, Trump accuses the regional newspaper ‘The Des Moines Register’ and the polling institute of misleading all voters in Iowa and the US by the survey.
The aim was “to influence the outcome of the 2024 presidential election in an impermissible manner,” as several media outlets quote from the lawsuit. It was ‘intentional’.
What had happened?
A few days before the American elections, the survey caused a stir: Democrat Kamala Harris was ahead of her rival Trump in the conservative state.
In a survey by the regional newspaper “The Des Moines Register” in collaboration with the polling institute Selzer & Company, 47 percent of respondents said they wanted to vote for Harris – 44 percent would vote for Trump. Other polls saw Trump ahead. He ultimately won the state by about 13 percentage points.
Pollster announced withdrawal
The research institute’s owner, Ann Selzer, is considered a respected pollster in the US. After the elections, she announced her retirement from the company. “Would I have liked to have made this announcement after a final poll that was consistent with Election Day results? Yes, of course,” she wrote. Trump had already threatened to sue at a press conference on Monday.
“It costs a lot of money, but we have to get the press on the right track. Our press is very corrupt, almost as corrupt as our elections.” During the election campaign, he repeatedly described the polls that showed him as the winner as fraudulent.
Broadcaster defends reporting
A spokeswoman for the newspaper’s parent company, Gannett, told CNN: “We stand by our reporting on this matter and believe this lawsuit is without merit.” . Full data and technical explanations for the study have been published.
Trump regularly rails against the media and also takes legal action against them. He sued the American broadcaster CBS for damages. He accuses the media company of manipulating an interview with his opponent Harris in favor of the Democrat. The broadcaster rejected the allegations of manipulation. Last weekend, Trump and broadcaster ABC also settled a lawsuit: ABC agreed to pay $15 million. The Republican had sued the channel and presenter George Stephanopoulos for defamation.
Source: Krone
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