{"id":31052,"date":"2026-07-22T04:52:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=31052"},"modified":"2026-07-22T05:07:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T09:07:52","slug":"judge-rules-trump-must-hand-over-records-sought-by-bbc-in-defamation-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2026\/07\/22\/judge-rules-trump-must-hand-over-records-sought-by-bbc-in-defamation-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge rules Trump must hand over records sought by BBC in defamation case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A judge in Florida has ruled President Donald Trump must hand over financial records sought by the BBC as it defends itself in his $10bn (\u00a37.5bn) defamation lawsuit.<\/b><\/p>\n

The order came during the first hearing in the case, in which the US president is suing the corporation over an episode of Panorama that edited together different sections of his speech on the day of the US Capitol riot on 6 January 2021.<\/p>\n

Judge Enjoliqu\u00e9 Lett granted a motion by the BBC’s legal team to compel the release of financial records held by the Donald J Trump Revocable Trust, which he created to manage his businesses while he is president.<\/p>\n

The judge’s ruling at Tuesday’s hearing in Miami can still be appealed.<\/p>\n

However, it amounts to a partial success in the BBC’s attempt to force Trump to provide evidence for his claim of financial loss due to the Panorama edit.<\/p>\n

The judge gave a split decision on a separate request by the BBC for documents relating to the Capitol riot itself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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