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BBC asks judge to force Trump to sit for deposition as part of his $10bn lawsuit

the BBC logo on a building
The BBC logo outside the BBC Broadcasting House, after U.S. President Donald Trump sued the BBC for up to $10bn in damages over edited clips of a speech, in London, Britain, on 16 December 2025. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters

The BBC is asking a federal judge in Florida to force Donald Trump to sit for a deposition as part of the president’s $10bn defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster.

According to a Tuesday filing, the BBC and Trump’s legal team had agreed for him to be deposed on Friday. The BBC’s lawyers wrote to the judge that they have spent months trying to secure a location for the deposition from Trump’s team.

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