President Donald Trump must sit for a deposition in his defamation lawsuit filed against the BBC, the judge overseeing the case ruled.
\n\n“Engaging in discovery is burdensome, but is a burden we undertake, especially if we file a lawsuit,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Aytch Lett said at a hearing in the case Thursday, as reported by CNN. The judge also warned Trump’s lawyers that the case could be dismissed if his legal team does not fulfill their obligation to produce documentation the BBC has a right to in defending itself in the matter.
\n\nTrump filed the lawsuit in Florida in December 2025, alleging defamation and trade practices violations over an October 2024 episode of the BBC program “Panorama,” which had edited his Jan. 6, 2021, speech to make it seem like he said: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol… and I’ll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell.” He is seeking $10 billion in damages.
\n\nThe BBC subsequently apologized for the error, acknowledging that the broadcast gave “the mistaken impression that President Trump made a direct call for violent action.”
\n\nAt the hearing Thursday, Charles Tobin, a lawyer representing the BBC, said that “we…
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