President Donald Trump on Monday dropped his federal lawsuit against Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer and The Des Moines Register, according to court documents.
Instead, Trump refiled the case in state court, adding Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and former Iowa state Sen. Brad Zaun to his complaint, according to The Register, which is owned by Gannett.
Trump’s original suit alleged that a poll released days before the Nov. 5 election that showed his opponent, then-Vice President Kamala Harris, with a 3 percentage point lead in Iowa amounted to “brazen election interference” and violated the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act. The lawsuit was widely seen as one of the first signs of the more aggressive legal strategy Trump planned to take against his perceived enemies after winning the election.