Trump panic mounts as judge rules his financial records fair game in his own BBC defamation lawsuit
Trump sued the BBC, and then a court tried to serve subpoenas on Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. Secret Service agents turned them away.
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Kuntz in Miami faces mounting pressure as Trump's legal team argues the broadcaster seeks "politically-driven leverage" in its $10 billion defamation lawsuit. The judge, who inherited the case from a fellow Trump appointee, has not yet ruled on the dispute. The BBC claims it is seeking testimony and documents from Trump's family members to counter the allegations that the network edited his Jan.
6, 2021, speech to misrepresent his words ahead of the 2024 election. The network has apologized for the edit but maintains it did not defame the president.
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