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'Defendant is wrong': Trump rages at BBC in court for debunking his 'national importance'

President Donald Trump's legal team attacked the BBC for revealing that he spent the day of a deposition he had canceled over “national importance” at a campaign rally and a fundraiser. In a federal court filing Wednesday, Trump’s lawyers asked a judge to reject the BBC’s bid to force him to sit for the deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit…

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Raw Story· Oct 21, 4:45 PM'Defendant is wrong': Trump rages at BBC in court for debunking his 'national importance'

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Judge crushes Trump bid to protect Don Jr. and Ivanka Trump from his own lawsuitA judge cleared the BBC to serve subpoenas on Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner after Secret Service protection thwarted in-person delivery. On Friday, Politico senior legal affairs reporter Josh Gerstein posted that U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjolique Lett granted the BBC's motion for alternative service in Trump's $10 billion defamation…

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Judge Orders Trump To Sit For Deposition In BBC Defamation LawsuitThe president filed a $10 billion defamation case against the broadcaster over a documentary it produced about Jan. 6, 2021.

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President instructed to sit for depositionMIAMI -- A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11.

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