{
  "id": 1857957,
  "title": "Judge swapped in Trump’s defamation case against BBC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/judge-swapped-in-trumps-defamation-case-against-bbc",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T03:24:45.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/judge-swapped-in-trumps-defamation-case-against-bbc/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A judge who was recently nominated by Donald Trump to serve in Florida’s federal court has taken over as judge in the US president’s $10bn defamation case against the BBC. Jeffrey Kuntz was nominated as a federal judge by Trump in April and confirmed by a 51-46 majority in the Republican-led Senate last month. He [...] The post Judge swapped in Trump’s defamation case against BBC appeared first…",
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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."
}