Trump legal team claims the BBC is ‘abusing the deposition process’ as broadcaster fights a $10 billion lawsuit

Donald Trump has accused the BBC of trying to harass his family after the broadcaster sought to subpoena members of his family to challenge his $10 billion defamation lawsuit.

The president is suing the BBC for defamation over a Panorama episode that spliced together two parts of a speech he gave ahead of the Capitol riots in 2021.

Lawyers have requested a U.S. court order Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr, his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner to give documents and testimony in relation to the case.

  • A_Random_Idiot
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    2 months ago

    Trump: Kicks the BBC

    BBC: Fights Back

    Trump: STOP STOP ITS NOT FAIR YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO FIGHT BACK.

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      2 months ago

      Pretty much the MO of any rapist or bully. Or both.

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        2 months ago

        Oh I know, I grew up with this exact personality.

        Allow the abuse, defending yourself means your the monster.

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      2 months ago

      The sad things is that has worked for it* in the past, so of course it* will keep on using that strategy.

      * I use the pronoun it because I believe in using the correct pronouns for everyone and refuse to address that piece of shit as a human being

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        Hamsters are gendered but not human. Based on body shape and relative hand-to-body size, it’s not impossible that Trump is a giant hairless hamster (except for the strange growth on the top of the head).