'She Knew Exactly What She Was Doing': Trump Wants Iowa Pollster Investigated After Huge Election Miss

President-elect Donald Trump has raised suspicions about a last-minute poll suggesting he was trailing Kamala Harris in Iowa, alleging it was more than just a simple mistake.

According to USA Today, the poll conducted by J. Ann Selzer indicated that Trump was losing to Harris by three points, even though he ended up winning Iowa by a significant margin of 13 points. The Des Moines Register published the poll results on the Saturday before Election Day, highlighting that Harris had “leapfrogs” Trump in support.

“She has clearly leaped into a leading position,” Selzer commented, portraying what many Americans saw as a close race shifting in Harris's favor.

Trump expressed his discontent, calling for accountability for what he labeled as spreading false information.

“A totally Fake poll that caused great distrust and uncertainty at a very critical time. She knew exactly what she was doing,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

He continued, “Thank you to the GREAT PEOPLE OF IOWA for giving me such a record-breaking vote, despite possible ELECTION FRAUD by Ann Selzer and the now discredited ‘newspaper’ for which she works. An investigation is fully called for!”

When questioned by USA Today about whether Trump was advocating a criminal investigation into Selzer, his spokesperson, Steven Cheung, replied, “President Trump was very clear in his Truth Social post.”

Cheung also stated that Selzer had “beclowned herself during the last days of the campaign in a seemingly blatant attempt to misinform the public for the benefit of Kamala Harris.”

On Sunday, Selzer announced her retirement from election polling, acknowledging the controversy surrounding her final poll.

“Would I have liked to make this announcement after a final poll aligned with Election Day results? Of course. It’s ironic that it’s just the opposite,” she reflected in an Op-Ed for the Des Moines Register.

She defended her career, writing, “I am proud of the work I’ve done for the Register, for the Detroit Free Press, for the Indianapolis Star, for Bloomberg News and for other public and private organizations interested in elections.”

“Polling is a science of estimation, and science has a way of periodically humbling the scientist. So, I’m humbled, yet always willing to learn from unexpected findings,” Selzer wrote, acknowledging the unpredictability of polling.

Selzer also shared a detailed 19-page analysis examining potential errors in her final poll.