DES MOINES, Iowa — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawsuit over the last Iowa Poll before the election will now be heard in federal court. KCCI reports Trump’s attorneys filed suit against the Des Moines Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer on Tuesday in Polk County. The lawsuit says the Iowa Poll released before the election was an attempt to “influence the outcome of the 2024 election.”

The poll showed Vice President Kamala Harris leading Trump by three percentage points. Donald Trump won Iowa by double digits. Attorneys for the Des Moines Register asked to move the case to federal court for several reasons, including the plaintiff and defendants are in different places.

The Des Moines Register has said it stands by its reporting.