Trump's $10 billion BBC lawsuit hits a wall over missing financial records

[highplainsdem]

Source: Independent

Donald Trump's legal team has reportedly declined to provide crucial financial information sought by BBC lawyers in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster, according to court filings cited by the Financial Times on Friday.

Trump initiated the lawsuit, alleging the publicly funded BBC defamed him by selectively splicing together parts of a January 6, 2021, speech to make it appear that he directed supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol, creating a false impression.

The BBC, in a court filing cited by the newspaper, stated that the impetus for Trump's request to delay "appears to be the flat refusal by the Donald J Trump Revocable Trust... to provide any financial information under subpoena."

This refusal comes despite Trump's claims that the BBC's actions severely harmed "the value of his brand, properties, and businesses."

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-bbc-lawsuit-financial-records-jan-6-b2990263.html

[FakeNoose]

1. Chump's lawyers ... "But your honor, in America we don't have to prove anything to the court!"

[Bengus81]

2. Trump doesn't want to go through a load of messy financial documents

that take time and money to gather up. He just want's the BBC to cower in a corner like ABC and several law firms and pony up the billions.

Rinse and repeat...........

[GreenWave]

3. "Go there and fight" is not spliced.

I guess he thinks normal people have maga memories.

[Ray Bruns]

4. "Donald Trump's legal team has reportedly declined to provide crucial financial information sought by BBC lawyers"

[no_hypocrisy]

5. What defamation? He won in 2024 (allegedly).

Defamation b/c it wasn’t a landslide?

[Faux pas]

6. Never his fault.

[Initech]

7. All the fucking asshole does is sue people.

[dave99]

8. shitstain always "forgets" Discovery Process

[ChicagoTeamster]

9. Any financial records could contain proof of fraud. I guess Trump's attorney (Blanche?) didn't think of that.