Trump panic mounts as judge rules his financial records fair game in his own BBC defamation lawsuit | Fortune
Judge handles Trump’s request to block BBC subpoenas to his family in a $10 billion defamation suit over edited speech.Summary
In a federal lawsuit filed in December, former President Donald Trump accuses the BBC of defaming him by deceptively editing his January 6, 2021 speech near the White House, claiming the broadcaster spliced separate parts to misrepresent his words and aired the documentary a week before the 2024 election to harm his candidacy. The BBC has apologized for the misleading edit but denies defamation, while Trump’s lawyers argue the broadcaster’s motion to serve subpoenas on Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr. is a politically‑driven discovery effort. A process server’s attempts to serve the family members were blocked by Secret Service agents. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Kuntz, a Trump nominee, inherited the case less than a week ago and has not yet ruled on the dispute. The previous judge set a February trial date, and the case continues to unfold.
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