💬 Opinion 2d ago · Jacob Sullum

An Iowa Judge Rejects Trump's Unconstitutional Attempt To Recover Damages for 'Fake News'

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An Iowa Judge Rejects Trump's Unconstitutional Attempt To Recover Damages for 'Fake News'
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On Wednesday, an Iowa judge dismissed a lawsuit in which President Donald Trump preposterously claimed that The Des Moines Register committed consumer fraud when it published poll results he did not like prior to the 2024 election. Those surprising results, which gave Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, a lead in Iowa, turned out to be far off the mark. But according to Trump, that forecast was not only embarrassing but also illegal.
Trump's lawsuit, which he first filed in Decem

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