President Donald Trump just got a win in the legal case that he has brought against Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer. 

The win, according to Fox News, comes from the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.

What the court has done is reject Selzer's appeal, which would suggest that Trump's case against her will now proceed.

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Trump, in the lawsuit, is alleging that both Selzer and the Des Moines Register engaged in election interference in the 2024 presidential election by publishing a poll that claimed, at the time, that he was trailing his opponent, then-Vice President Kamala Harris.

There, so far, has been a big legal fight over procedural aspects of the case.

Fox News reports:

Trump originally requested the case be moved to Iowa State Court in May after the defendants "removed" the case to federal court. A federal judge denied the request at the time, but the Obama-appointed judge was overruled by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. Trump last month notched a key victory when the 8th Circuit granted Trump’s petition for a writ of mandamus — a rare judicial order used to correct clear legal errors — and directed a district judge to treat the case as dismissed "without prejudice," allowing Trump to refile the case. As a result, the case would be litigated in Iowa State Court.

This now appears to be how the case will proceed, namely, in state court.

Selzer tried to appeal the decision, but the Eight Circuit just said "no" to that appeal.

"Trump is committed to..."

Some may ask why it is that Trump is even proceeding with this lawsuit.

A spokesman for Trump's legal team has given the answer.

He said:

President Trump is committed to holding those who traffic in deception and fake news to account. The Des Moines Register and Gannett knowingly ran a phony poll from the now disgraced Democrat pollster Ann Selzer in an underhanded attempt to interfere in the election and defraud the country into believing Kamala Harris was winning the state of Iowa and nationwide, mere hours before she lost Iowa and the overall election by an overwhelming margin to President Trump. This scam was designed to damage President Trump’s dominant campaign in the final days of the race.

The spokesman added, "Such fraud cannot be allowed to stand, and President Trump is committed to seeing this case through to a just, winning conclusion."

It is unclear what the schedule is for the case.