Trump FINALLY Gets What HE DESERVES as Judge TOSSES LAWSUIT!!!

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Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian break down an Iowa judge's dismissal of Donald Trump's lawsuit against pollster J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register — a case Trump filed after winning the very state he sued over. Selzer's final pre-election poll, published days before the 2024 election, showed Kamala Harris leading Iowa by three points; Trump went on to win the state by more than 13 points, then hired lawyers in New York and Iowa to sue Selzer, the Register, and its parent company Gannett for consumer fraud, joined by Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and former state Senator Brad Zaun. Brian and Shant explain the creative legal theory Trump's team tried: arguing that because newspapers sell subscriptions and ads, reporting the news is commercial activity rather than protected political speech, and therefore subject to Iowa's Consumer Fraud Act instead of the First Amendment. Iowa District Judge Scott Beattie rejected that argument in a ruling issued with prejudice, writi