{
  "id": 16076717,
  "title": "Judge gives Trump deadline to sit for deposition in BBC defamation suit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/judge-gives-trump-deadline-to-sit-for-deposition-in-bbc-defamation",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T16:40:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3371829/judge-gives-trump-deadline-sit-deposition-bbc-defamation-suit"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A federal judge on Thursday ordered US President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his US$10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by December 11. The order from US Magistrate Judge Enjolique Lett came as lawyers for the British broadcaster complained that Trump had delayed his appearance. Charles Tobin, the lawyer for the BBC, said that with two months left in the discovery period,…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Trump Must Sit for $10 Billion BBC Defamation Deposition by Early December, Judge Rules",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/trump-must-sit-for-10-billion-bbc-defamation-deposition-by-early",
        "published": "2026-10-22T16:13:22.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}