Trump files emergency motion to block BBC from getting financial details about business empire
Trump’s lawyers say the revised complaint centers on reputational harm and could narrow discovery into his business finances, while the BBC seeks dismissal.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump's trust filed an emergency motion to block the release of financial records to the BBC, one day before a court-ordered deadline.
- Trump sued the BBC for $10 billion over a 2024 documentary that allegedly misquoted his Jan. 6, 2021, speech, omitting his call for supporters to march "peacefully and patriotically."
- The BBC sought financial records to assess damages, prompting Trump to amend his lawsuit focusing on "personal reputational harm" rather than business losses to avoid disclosure.
- Attorneys for the trust argued that no order "can un-disclose them or undo the expense of compiling them" if the court later finds disclosure unnecessary.
- U.S. District Judge Roy Altman has yet to rule on the emergency motion, while the underlying defamation trial remains scheduled for February 2027.
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Court Lets Trump Block BBC Access to Financial Records
“President Donald Trump won an 11th-hour court reprieve Thursday that temporarily blocks the BBC from obtaining detailed records on the finances and ownership of his business empire as part of his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster,” CNBC reports. “The emergency stay, granted in Miami federal court, pauses a looming Thursday deadline that […]
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