Could Trump Actually Triumph in Court Against J. Ann Selzer for Being Wrong About Iowa in ‘Willful and Wanton’ Poll?
The president-elect cites a consumer fraud statute to argue that he was wronged by an inaccurate poll.

President-elect Trump’s lawsuit against the newspaper publisher Gannett, the Des Moines Register, and Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer could at first seem as likely to prosper as suing a weatherman for being wrong about the rain — save for a Hawkeye State statute that could bolster the 47th president’s chances.
The suit comes on the heels of Trump reaching a $15 million settlement with ABC News after star anchor George Stephanopoulos inaccurately claimed multiple times on his Sunday program, “This Week,” that Trump had been found liable for rape. A New York jury had found Trump liable for defamation and sexual abuse of the writer, E. Jean Carroll, but specifically determined that he was not liable for rape.
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