Trump lawyers deny BBC access to financial details in $10B lawsuit
President Donald Trump’s legal team has refused to hand over financial information sought by BBC lawyers in his $10-billion defamation case against the broadcaster, the Financial Times said on Friday, citing court filings.
Trump has accused the publicly funded broadcaster of defaming him by splicing together parts of a Jan. 6, 2021, speech to make it appear that he directed supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol.
The impetus for Trump’s request to delay “appears to be the flat refusal by the Donald J Trump Revocable Trust … to provide any financial information under subpoena,” the newspaper cited the BBC as saying in a court filing.
That action came despite Trump’s claims that the BBC injured “the value of his brand, properties, and businesses” and the president’s “own refusal, to date, to provide any financial information in discovery,” the paper added.
Trump’s lawsuit, filed in Florida in December, says the BBC violated a state law that bars deceptive and unfair trade practices. He is seeking damages of at least $5 billion on each of its two counts.
The broadcaster and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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