Trump faces December deposition deadline in BBC lawsuit
NPR reports that the president risks dismissal of his case if he does not answer questions under oath.
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Trump must sit for a deposition in his BBC defamation lawsuit, judge rules
The lawsuit President Trump brought against the BBC comes with an obligation of his own: answering questions under oath. In NPR's short report, anchor Korva Coleman explains that a judge has given him until December 11 to sit for a deposition or risk having the case dismissed.
The report drew roughly 359,000 views in its first 11 hours, already far beyond NPR's usual first-day audience for Shorts. It condenses the court development and the dispute behind it into about a minute.
Reporter David Folkenflik explains that the BBC apologized for splicing together two parts of Trump's January 6, 2021, speech in a documentary. Trump is seeking $10 billion in his defamation lawsuit against the broadcaster.
The immediate issue is a missed deposition. Folkenflik reports that Trump pulled out of the scheduled session, citing matters of national importance. NPR says he spent that day campaigning for a Senate candidate in Georgia and attending a GOP event at Mar-a-Lago.
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