Trump urges court to reject BBC’s bid to secure records from his family in defamation case
Trump says the BBC’s bid to question his family is part of an overbroad discovery campaign in his $10 billion defamation suit.
- President Donald Trump urged District Judge Jeffrey Kuntz to reject the BBC's request for assistance serving subpoenas on three family members in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit.
- Trump filed the defamation lawsuit in December, accusing the BBC of deceptively editing his speech delivered near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021, when supporters attacked the Capitol to block Congress from certifying Democrat Joe Biden's victory.
- Process servers previously attempted to serve subpoenas at the family's residence and Trump Tower but were blocked by Secret Service agents; the broadcaster requested permission last week to use certified mail instead.
- Trump's personal lawyers argued in a court filing Friday that the BBC seeks "politically-driven leverage," calling the subpoenas an "improperly overbroad" discovery campaign the Court should reject.
- District Judge Jeffrey Kuntz, who inherited the lawsuit less than a week ago, has not yet ruled on the subpoena dispute, while the previous judge scheduled trial to begin in February.
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Trump asks judge to block BBC bid for family testimony in USD 10 billion case
Donald Trump has asked a Miami federal judge to deny the BBC permission to serve subpoenas on three family members by certified mail. The fight sharpens a high-stakes defamation case over a January 6 speech edit as trial preparations continue.
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Trump urges court to reject BBC’s bid to secure records from his family in defamation case
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has urged a federal judge to reject the BBC's request for the court's help in securing testimony and documents from three family members in response to his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British…
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Trump urges court to reject BBC's bid to secure records from his family in defamation case
President Donald Trump has urged a federal judge to reject the BBC’s request for the court’s help in securing testimony and documents from three members of the president’s family in response to his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster.
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