# 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.
- Title: Judge orders Trump to sit for BBC deposition by December
- Summary: 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…
- Keywords: donald trump, bbc, defamation lawsuit, deposition, enjoliqué lett, florida federal court, politics, news, Judge, orders, Trump, sit
- Source: NBC News — https://nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-sit-deposition-10-billion-defamation-lawsuit-bbc-jan-6-rcna605034
- Author: Dareh Gregorian
- Published: 2026-10-22T16:24:19.482+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: donald trump, bbc, defamation lawsuit, deposition, enjoliqué lett, florida federal court, politics, news
## 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 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.
## Key takeaway

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.