To the editor: The lawsuit Trump filed against the Des Moines Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer is legally unsound.
The paper revealed a ballot consequence with out malice; that they had each proper to take action. The pollster reported her outcomes, once more, with out malice; she additionally had the appropriate to report her findings.
I counsel that, after the case is thrown out, because it nearly certainly might be, the aggrieved defendants institute their very own swimsuit towards Trump for abuse of course of and malicious prosecution, each of which might be filed in civil court docket. Since every of those acts occurred exterior of any presidential energy or authority, the litigation could possibly be pursued whereas Trump is in workplace.
Trump would possibly then be pressured to be taught that vindictiveness can boomerang and create extra issues than it sought to treatment.
Barry Rubin, Beverly Hills
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To the editor: Pollster J. Ann Selzer decries that she’s accused of election interference with out a “shred of proof.” The ridiculous results of her ballot is at the very least a shred and the aim of discovery in lawsuits is to search out the details behind an act … and that “shred.”
Kip Dellinger, Santa Monica
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To the editor: Your article states that Trump is suing an Iowa pollster and newspaper that he says skewed a ballot as a method of making an attempt to assist his opponent within the current election.
I’ve heard of “sore losers,” however Trump has invented a brand new class: “sore winners.”
Ted Bacino, Palm Springs
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To the editor: Richard Hasen, an professional on election regulation, stories he doesn’t anticipate this newest Trump lawsuit to go wherever. Isn’t Susie Wiles, Trump’s lauded chief of employees, presupposed to advise her obsessively vengeful boss towards making choices like this one?
June Maguire, Mission Viejo
