Trump lawyers seek to halt court order allowing BBC access to his financial records
Donald Trump's legal team asked a Florida court to pause a ruling that would require the BBC to obtain detailed information about the former president's finances as part of a $10 billion defamation lawsuit.
Donald Trump’s attorneys filed a request on Wednesday to temporarily suspend a Miami judge’s order that would compel the British broadcaster to receive the former president’s financial records. The order, issued in July, required the BBC to begin providing the documents by Aug. 6 as part of Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit alleging the network’s 2024 documentary on the Jan. 6 Capitol attack caused damage to his business interests.
The lawyers argued that the BBC’s request for information was overly extensive and driven by political motives, and they asked the court to amend the complaint to focus on alleged reputation harm, which they said would keep disclosures proportional to the case’s needs.
The lawsuit centers on a segment of the BBC program “Trump, A Second Chance” that combined excerpts from Trump’s Jan. 6 speech, creating the impression that he directly encouraged supporters to storm the Capitol. The BBC has apologized for the edit but maintains that the defamation claim lacks merit.
The case follows other recent legal actions by Trump against media outlets, including a request to move a $10 billion defamation suit against the Wall Street Journal to trial and a brief issuance of subpoenas to New York Times reporters that were later withdrawn.