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.

  • Slashme@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    How hard does someone need to try to serve you with a subpoena before they can say “I tried, but I can’t make it work”? In Germany, you send the document by registered mail to the official address of the person and it’s done, or if it’s a court document, the court sends it by official registered mail.