Judge orders Trump to sit for BBC deposition by December

A federal judge in Florida has ordered President Trump to give a deposition in his ten billion dollar defamation lawsuit against the BBC by December eleventh or risk having the case dismissed.

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Judge orders Trump to sit for BBC deposition by December

A federal judge in Florida has ordered President Trump to give a deposition in his ten billion dollar defamation lawsuit against the BBC by December eleventh or risk having the case dismissed.

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A federal judge in Florida has ordered President Trump to give a deposition in his ten billion dollar defamation lawsuit against the BBC by December eleventh or risk having the case dismissed. A federal judge ordered President Trump to sit for a deposition in his ten billion dollar defamation lawsuit against the BBC…

Judge orders Trump to depose

U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC by December eleventh or face dismissal of his ten billion dollar action.

Trump canceled his October deposition

Trump was supposed to sit for a deposition on October sixteenth but canceled it for a matter of national importance.

BBC says Trump prioritized politics

BBC says Trump prioritized politics

BBC attorney Charles Tobin said Trump was participating in party politics and prioritized that over sitting for the deposition.

“He was participating in party politics and prioritized that over sitting for the deposition.”

Trump's lawsuit targets BBC documentary

Trump filed suit against the BBC last year, alleging it aired a false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of him in a documentary that spliced together comments from his speech at the Ellipse…

BBC acknowledges splicing but denies harm

The BBC has acknowledged splicing comments from the speech together but maintains Trump was not defamed and that he did not suffer any damages.

Trump faces December deadline

Trump must now sit for a deposition by December eleventh or risk having his ten billion dollar lawsuit against the BBC dismissed by the federal judge.

What to remember

A federal judge ordered President Trump to sit for a deposition in his ten billion dollar defamation lawsuit against the BBC by December eleventh, after he canceled a scheduled deposition to attend a political rally and fundraiser.

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