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Trump lawyers reject BBC subpoena in $10B defamation suit

Published 5 June 2026

President Donald Trump's legal team has refused to comply with a subpoena for financial records from the BBC, escalating a discovery dispute in a $10 billion defamation lawsuit filed in Florida. The lawsuit, initiated in December, centers on a 2024 Panorama documentary about the January 6, 2021, Capitol riots.

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