President-elect Donald Trump announced lawsuits against 60 Minutes and Iowa pollster Ann Selzer, accusing them of election interference over a poll released just before the November election. Trump claimed the results were rigged to mislead voters in a critical battleground state.

Speaking to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump criticized Selzer, known for her polling with The Des Moines Register. “She’s a very, very good pollster who got me right all the time,” Trump said. “But just before the election, she said I was going to lose by three or four points. In my opinion, it was fraud and election interference.”

Trump expressed frustration over what he called a deliberate effort to undermine his campaign, suggesting Selzer’s reputation made the poll even more damaging. “She knows what she was doing,” Trump said. “She’s been accurate for years, but this time it was something different. People need to know the truth.”

Selzer, who recently announced her retirement, denied Trump’s accusations during an interview on PBS’s Iowa Press. “I am mystified about what motivation anybody thinks I had,” she said. “To suggest I intentionally delivered a false result goes against everything I stand for. It’s not my ethic.”

Trump’s lawsuit comes after he secured a decisive victory in Iowa, which he highlighted in a Truth Social post. “A totally fake poll that caused great distrust and uncertainty at a very critical time,” Trump wrote. He praised Iowa voters for delivering him a “record-breaking vote” despite what he called “possible election fraud” by Selzer and the Register.

The lawsuits represent Trump’s broader push to challenge what he views as unfair media influence and interference in elections. Trump’s call for an investigation into Selzer and the Des Moines Register has drawn mixed reactions, with his supporters backing his claims while critics dismiss them as unfounded.

With the legal action underway, Trump continues to emphasize that transparency in polling and media reporting is critical to protecting the integrity of elections, particularly in closely contested states like Iowa.