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US President Donald Trump has until December 11 to sit for a deposition with the BBC's lawyers. (AP: Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A US judge has ordered Donald Trump appear at a deposition as part of his lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation.
The US president is suing the BBC, alleging it defamed him by splicing together two pieces of his speech made to supporters before they stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
A US judge has ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $US10 billion ($14.2 billion) defamation lawsuit against the BBC by December 11.
The order from federal magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett came as lawyers for the British broadcaster complained that Mr Trump had delayed his appearance.
Judge threatens to dismiss Trump’s BBC lawsuit unless he cooperates with discovery process and sits for deposition
Donald Trump has been ordered by a US judge to cooperate with the discovery process mandated for his lawsuit against the BBC and to sit for a deposition by 11 December – or else he could be subject to sanctions, including the possible dismissal of the $10bn lawsuit.
The lawsuit stems from a Panorama documentary aired by the BBC that spliced together two comments made nearly an hour apart by Trump during a rally on 6 January 2021, before the US Capitol riot. The BBC has acknowledged that this specific edit was misleading, but Trump has gone on to claim, falsely, that the BBC did not just edit his speech but used AI to insert words into his speech.
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A US judge has ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $US10 billion ($14.2 billion) defamation lawsuit against the BBC by December 11.
The order from federal magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett on Thursday (US time) came as lawyers for the British broadcaster complained that Trump had delayed his appearance in his own lawsuit.
Charles Tobin, the lawyer for the BBC, said that with two months left in the discovery period, “we still haven’t been able to depose the plaintiff”.
Meanwhile, it remained uncertain whether former special counsel Jack Smith would be allowed to sit for a deposition. Federal rules require current and former employees to receive permission from agency heads before testifying in court cases. Smith has requested permission but has not received an answer, and the judge ruled that the department must respond to him by November 2.
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