The legal filing from Trump’s campaign alleged that the poll was “designed to mislead American voters through a biased questionnaire and skewed sampling,” and demanded an apology.

“We stand by our poll,” said Matt Dornic, a CNN spokesman. CNN also noted that several other polls found Trump trailing Biden by double digits, and that there was nothing unorthodox about the methodology used by their own.

The poll showed Trump trailing Democratic candidate Joe Biden by 14 points ahead of the 2020 election, and found Trump’s approval rating at 38%, among his lowest.

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