{"id":19850,"date":"2026-07-28T12:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T07:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19850"},"modified":"2026-07-28T12:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T07:48:15","slug":"bbc-scores-blow-against-trump-as-judge-in-defamation-case-orders-president-to-turn-over-years-of-financial-docs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19850","title":{"rendered":"BBC Scores Blow Against Trump \u2014 As Judge in Defamation Case Orders President to Turn Over Years of Financial Docs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5684631\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5684631\" class=\"wp-image-5684631 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-2025-12-16T111057-208-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"BBC building and Donald Trump\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5684631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Press Association via AP Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The BBC scored a blow against President<strong> Donald Trump<\/strong> in its defense against the defamation suit he filed when a judge ordered the president to turn over years of financial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/lawcrime\/bbc-seeks-access-to-january-6-documents-to-defend-against-trumps-defamation-lawsuit\/\">documents<\/a> to the British public broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/72040010\/trump-v-british-broadcasting-corporation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">controversy<\/a> stems from a 2024 BBC <em>Panorama<\/em> documentary that used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/british-media-frets-over-trumps-threat-to-sue-bbc-if-the-bbc-just-backs-down-it-doesnt-deserve-to-survive\/\">an edited clip<\/a> of Trump\u2019s speech on Jan. 6, 2021 that immediately preceded the violent riot at the U.S. Capitol, as his supporters stormed the building to disrupt the certification of the Electoral College votes for President<strong> Joe Biden<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The edited clip had Trump saying: \u201cWe\u2019re gonna walk down to the Capitol and I\u2019ll be there with you and we fight. We fight like hell, and if you don\u2019t fight like hell, you\u2019re not gonna have a country anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, that was a combination of different sections of his speech. That specific phrase as Trump said it that day, near the beginning of his remarks, was: \u201cWe\u2019re gonna walk down, and I\u2019ll be there with you, we\u2019re gonna walk down, we\u2019re gonna walk down any one you want but I think right here, we\u2019re gonna walk down to the Capitol and we\u2019re gonna cheer on our brave senators and congressmen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The part where Trump said, \u201cAnd we fight. We fight like hell. And if you don\u2019t fight like hell, you\u2019re not going to have a country anymore,\u201d was closer to the end of his speech. A video and transcript of Trump\u2019s full speech <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/02\/10\/966396848\/read-trumps-jan-6-speech-a-key-part-of-impeachment-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can be reviewed here<\/a>, as posted by NPR.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/bbc-apologizes-to-trump-but-refuses-to-pay-him-strong-belief-they-have-solid-legal-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">correction and apology<\/a> but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/british-media-frets-over-trumps-threat-to-sue-bbc-if-the-bbc-just-backs-down-it-doesnt-deserve-to-survive\/\">refused<\/a> to offer any sort of payment, and last December <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-files-10b-defamation-lawsuit-against-bbc-over-jan-6-speech-edit\/\">Trump sued<\/a> the British public broadcaster, claiming $10 billion in damages.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/lawcrime\/bbc-seeks-access-to-january-6-documents-to-defend-against-trumps-defamation-lawsuit\/\">discovery process<\/a> kicked off a few months ago and a trial date is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/judge-rejects-bbcs-bid-to-halt-discovery-in-trump-10b-lawsuit-against-network-sets-hearing-date\/\">scheduled<\/a> for February 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, U.S. Magistrate Judge <strong>Enjoliqu\u00e9 Lett<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/lawcrime\/bbc-seeks-access-to-january-6-documents-to-defend-against-trumps-defamation-lawsuit\/\">ruled<\/a> that because Trump was claiming damages to his businesses, the BBC had the right to demand access to documents and information about said businesses.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Lett issued <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.flsd.703382\/gov.uscourts.flsd.703382.104.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a nine-page written order<\/a> spelling out what documents Trump would have to disclose to the BBC and setting deadlines for that document production.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"5539c286b2598fec7b3cb382c34bb691\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Trump&#039;s trust is ordered to turn over financial documents &quot;from the date of January 1, 2023, to the present&quot; responsive to a subpoena issued in Trump&#039;s defamation case against the BBC. The first production is due in 10 days. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D0mMNROroZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/D0mMNROroZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oWudEr8Wp2\">pic.twitter.com\/oWudEr8Wp2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris \u201cLaw Dork\u201d Geidner (@chrisgeidner) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chrisgeidner\/status\/2081863727805026372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the order, the judge noted that Trump had claimed the BBC&#8217;s &#8220;defamatory&#8221; broadcast had caused him to suffer &#8220;extensive economic harms,&#8221; \u201cinjury to [his] business and personal reputation&#8221; that caused &#8220;massive economic damage to his brand value and significant damage and injury to his future financial prospects,&#8221; and &#8220;direct harm to his professional and occupational interests, including, without limitation, the value of his brand, properties, and businesses, and severe diminishment and tarnishing of his reputation as a politician, leader, and businessman in the eyes of the American public and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The BBC subpoenaed financial records from The Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust (the &#8220;Trust&#8221;). Trump objected; his arguments included that the Trust is not a party to the lawsuit, the request was disproportional and unreasonable, and that his claim of damages to his businesses did not open the door to the Trust&#8217;s records.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is claiming damages up to $10 billion which include the &#8220;value&#8221; of his &#8220;brand, properties, and businesses,&#8221; wrote Lett, and [a]s represented by the parties, virtually all of these &#8216;properties and businesses&#8217; are owned by the Trust.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s other arguments were quickly dismissed by the judge as contrary to the principles in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure allowing broad discovery of non-privileged material. Lett further noted that she was not convinced by Trump&#8217;s claims the BBC&#8217;s subpoena was unreasonable or unduly burdensome.<\/p>\n<p>To the extent the BBC&#8217;s subpoena sought &#8220;a substantial amount of information,&#8221; that proportionally matched Trump&#8217;s claims of a &#8220;broad array of damages&#8221; to his &#8220;brand, properties, and businesses,&#8221; wrote Lett, and the fact Trump was claiming $10 billion in damages made the BBC&#8217;s ability to conduct this discovery &#8220;especially important.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lett concluded by ordering the Trust to turn over the requested financial documents but did limit the time period to those dated January 1, 2023 to the present, and set a deadline for the &#8220;first substantial production of documents&#8221; under the BBC&#8217;s subpoena to &#8220;occur within ten (10) days of the date of this order and continue every week until complete.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/lawcrime\/bbc-scores-blow-against-trump-as-judge-in-defamation-case-orders-president-to-turn-over-years-of-financial-docs\/\">BBC Scores Blow Against Trump \u2014 As Judge in Defamation Case Orders President to Turn Over Years of Financial Docs<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Association via AP Images The BBC scored a blow against President Donald Trump in its defense against the defamation suit he filed when a judge ordered the president to turn over years of financial documents to the British public broadcaster. 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