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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Gaya Gupta

Trump team pushes to block court order giving BBC access to financial records

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BBC Broadcasting House, London. Photograph: UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s legal team is making an 11th-hour attempt to block a court order that would grant the BBC access to the president’s financial records, as part of his multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the British broadcaster.

Trump claims that the BBC’s 2024 documentary on the January 6 attacks have damaged the president’s business interests. In July, a Miami-based judge ruled that the president would have to start handing over detailed financial records to the BBC by 6 August. The records would reveal details into the hundreds of businesses owned by the US president’s family trust.

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