Day 7 · Trump BBC Defamation Fight

Trump Seeks to Block BBC Subpoenas

Trump is fighting the BBC's bid for family records in a defamation case.

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Updated Aug 22, 7:31pm ET

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President Donald Trump asked a Florida federal judge to block the BBC from subpoenaing Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the broadcaster. The BBC is seeking testimony and documents from Trump’s daughter, son and son-in-law for its defense in the case, which concerns a BBC documentary about Trump. Trump’s lawyers called the subpoenas an effort to gain “politically-driven leverage,” while the BBC said the records could be relevant to the litigation.

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