Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in $10 billion BBC lawsuit
A federal judge ordered President Trump to be deposed by BBC lawyers by Dec. 11 in his defamation lawsuit over a Panorama documentary.
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- A federal judge ordered President Trump to sit for a deposition by Dec. 11 in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC.
- The order came from U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett at a hearing in Miami.
- Trump's team had sought to delay the deposition, offering dates in January 2027.
- The lawsuit concerns a Panorama documentary that spliced together parts of Trump's Jan. 6, 2021, speech.
- The BBC apologized for the edit and its director-general and top news executive resigned.
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