Critics mock Trump for releasing his own 'weak' internal polls

Critics scoffed as former President Donald Trump appeared to release internal polls showing him within the margin of error in five of seven swing states.

His pollsters, Fabrizio, McLaughlin & Associates, tried to spin it as a huge success and that he was "winning" the race.

But critics weren't buying it.

Statistician and writer Nate Silver pointed out, "Internal polls typically have a bias of ~3 points toward their candidate, so these numbers are about what you'd expect from the campaign given the public data.