US judge orders Trump to testify in BBC defamation case by Dec 11
US President Donald Trump accused the BBC of deceptively editing its documentary ‘Trump: A Second Chance’ to portray him as inciting violence before the Jan 6, 2021, US Capitol attack.
A US judge has ordered former President Donald Trump to testify under oath in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC by December 11, 2025. The order came after the British broadcaster complained that Trump had refused to attend a deposition, including canceling a previously agreed date of October 16. Trump alleges that the BBC edited a documentary, "Trump: A Second Chance," to make it appear as though he incited violence during the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
The BBC has apologized for the incident but denies causing Trump any real harm and has sought to have the case dismissed. The BBC's lawyer argued that Trump had no valid reason to avoid testifying and that no individual is above the law. Trump's legal team countered that he was not evading the deposition due to national importance matters and claimed he could provide a deposition between January 11 and 22.
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